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Head Of Engineering Job Title: Head of Engineering Salary: $225K–$325K + 0.75%–1.6% Equity Company Description: BUILD, Inc. - Seed-stage AI startup backed by Index Ventures, OpenAI, and Blackstone. Job Description: As Head of Engineering, you will lead the technical execution of an agentic AI platform automating institutional real estate workflows. You will own the architecture end-to-end, scale a high-output engineering team, and translate complex domain logic into production-grade software. This is a hands-on leadership role for a builder ready to define a $300T+ asset class. Location: San Francisco & New York City, USA Why this role is remarkable: Direct access to elite mentorship and backing from industry titans including OpenAI and Blackstone leaders. Significant equity stake (up to 1.6%) in a company already generating seven-figure revenue with a trillion-dollar market opportunity. Rare opportunity to lead the technical "zero-to-one" journey, moving from a scrappy founding team to a scaled institutional platform. What you will do: Architect and scale a robust agentic AI stack capable of processing complex real estate data 90% faster than human analysts. Recruit and lead a world-class engineering team, setting a high bar for technical excellence, ownership, and shipping velocity. Partner with the CEO and CTO to make critical build-vs-buy decisions and define the long-term technical roadmap. The ideal candidate: Proven experience scaling early-stage vertical AI or LLM-based systems (e.g., Harvey, Sierra, or Glean) through major growth phases. Deep technical proficiency with the ability to navigate high-level architecture while remaining hands-on enough to debug production code. Strong background in B2B enterprise software, understanding the reliability and security requirements of institutional fi