About this role
AI Engineer
Wheelforge
Job description
About the role
AI Engineer | WheelForge
WheelForge is an AI-enabled construction deep tech company building intelligent systems to improve how projects are designed, planned, coordinated, and delivered.
We’re looking for a driven AI Engineer with hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining AI systems in production. You’ll own features from problem definition through deployment and ongoing improvement, with a strong focus on accuracy, reliability, and real user needs.
What you’ll do
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Build AI systems that interpret project documents, extract structured information, identify inconsistencies, and support project coordination.
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Develop LLM workflows, retrieval pipelines, and agents that connect domain knowledge with software tools and business processes.
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Build reliability through output validation, deterministic checks, retries, fallbacks, and human review where needed.
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Create evaluation datasets and automated regression checks. Use logging, tracing, and monitoring to identify failures and prevent them from recurring.
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Own backend services, APIs, and data pipelines. Make practical trade-offs across accuracy, latency, cost, and complexity.
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Work with domain experts to translate their knowledge into software and improve it through real user feedback.
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What we’re looking for
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Experience shipping and maintaining AI systems used by real users, with ownership beyond the prototype stage.
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Strong software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, databases, testing, and cloud deployment.
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Practical experience with LLMs, structured outputs, tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and evaluation.
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An understanding of AI failure modes and experience improving quality using production data.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: break down complex problems, challenge assumptions, and reason from first principles to develop reliable solutions.
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Strong ownership and drive: turn an ambiguous problem into a working solution, ship it, and follow through.
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Clear communication and sound judgment about when to use AI, conventional code, or human review.
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Nice to have
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Experience with document AI, OCR, multimodal models, or technical drawings.
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Familiarity with construction, manufacturing, or CAD/BIM workflows.
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Experience with durable workflows or building products at an early-stage startup.
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Why join WheelForge
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Work with cutting-edge AI technology to solve hard, real-world engineering problems in construction deep tech. Own core systems from concept to production and help shape our technology, architecture, and engineering direction.
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Location: Remote
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Compensation: Competitive pay and benefits.
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Website: https://wheelforge.ai