Job Title: Founding AI Engineer (Multimodal Ingestion & Agents)

Company Name: Candid Intelligence

Job Details: $150k-$200k/yrRemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/femg8lxxr9zw4anq

Job Description: Posted 3mo agoFounding AI Engineer (Multimodal Ingestion & Agents)@ Candid IntelligenceView All JobsWebsiteUnited States$150k-$200k/yrRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Build vision pipelines, Design agentic systems, Build human-in-the-loop flowsRequirements Summary:Experience building AI systems, vision pipelines, or agent-based workflows; strong system design sense; ability to own end-to-end pipelines; familiarity with Python and ML tooling.Technical Tools Mentioned:Python, PyTorch, multimodal LLMs, open-source VLMs, LangGraph, PydanticAI, state machines, Neo4j, vector databases
What We’re BuildingCandid is collapsing pre-construction engineering for large compute and energy infrastructure projects.Today, critical work lives inside complex diagrams, specs, and technical documents and is still done manually. We’re building systems that can understand this data, structure it correctly, and execute workflows like design review, comment resolution, and technical bid evaluation.What You’ll DoBuild vision pipelines that extract structure, entities, and spatial relationships from engineering diagrams and documents.Design agentic systems that decompose large pre-construction tasks into discrete, verifiable steps.Build human-in-the-loop flows to capture expert feedback and improve system correctness.Own systems end-to-end, from raw inputs to structured outputs used in production workflows.Tech StackPython, PyTorch, multimodal LLMs, and open-source VLMs (Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, etc)LangGraph, PydanticAI, or custom state machinesGraph databases (Neo4j), vector databasesDesirable QuirksStrong opinions about system design, even when tradeoffs aren’t obviousCares deeply about keeping the codebase clean and understandableFeels physical discomfort when seeing inefficient code or fragile architecturesHas good intuition when designing new systems without a specCares about taste, clarity, and building things that feel right, not just things that workDesirable Experience(any of these will pique our interest)Early or founding engineer at a YC-backed companyExperience with document intelligence, vision pipelines, or agent-based systemsBuilt something from scratch that real users depended onTechnical founder at a VC-backed startup