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BUILD, Inc.

BUILD, Inc.

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San Francisco, United States$225K – $325K + 0.75% – 1.6% Equity

Head of Engineering at Index Ventures-backed agentic AI startup

Are you ready to own the technical evolution of the $300T built world? This Index Ventures-backed startup, supported by leaders from OpenAI and Blackstone, is hiring a Head of Engineering to lead their agentic AI platform. With 7-figure revenue already secured and a mission to automate complex institutional real estate workflows, this is a rare opportunity to join a high-intensity team at the seed stage. You will build and lead an elite engineering team in SF or NYC, architecting systems that deliver results 90% faster than humans for the world's largest asset managers. If you have scaled vertical AI systems and crave radical autonomy, this is your next career-defining role.

Overview

Role overview

As the first Head of Engineering, you will own the technical truth for a high-intensity startup transforming the $300T built world. You’ll architect a robust agentic AI platform, scale a high-output engineering team from zero-to-one, and partner with leaders from Blackstone and OpenAI to automate complex development workflows for global institutions.

Company

BUILD, Inc.

BUILD, Inc.

AI for the Built World1-50 employees

Index Ventures-backed agentic AI startup automating institutional real estate for $T asset managers

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Own the engineering function end-to-end, defining the architecture, infrastructure, and security protocols for a production-grade agentic AI platform.
  • Lead, recruit, and mentor a team of elite engineers, fostering a culture of high execution velocity and uncompromising technical excellence.
  • Partner with product and domain experts to encode complex real estate logic into autonomous systems that handle real-world load and ambiguity.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • Extensive experience scaling a vertical AI company (e.g., Harvey, Sierra, or Glean) through a major growth phase with LLM-based systems.
  • A tech lead or engineering manager who maintains deep hands-on coding skills and can debug complex production issues alongside the team.
  • Proven track record in B2B or enterprise software, demonstrating a deep understanding of the reliability and security standards required by global institutions.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Work alongside a founding team with a proven track record, including the former CPTO of 11x.ai and an early engineer from Europe's fastest unicorn.
  • Secure a high-impact leadership position at an Index Ventures-backed company already generating 7-figure revenue and serving clients managing nearly $2 trillion in assets.
  • Earn significant equity and radical autonomy while building a generational agentic AI stack that translates directly into physical infrastructure and global real estate projects.

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