Software engineer

CivilGrid is a venture-backed SaaS construction tech company building the “Google Maps for the Underground.” Come help us disrupt a $4.7T US industry segment that desperately needs innovation. This opportunity has tremendous upside as it scales.

CivilGrid aggregates public and proprietary utility, geotechnical, environmental, and jurisdictional data. The consolidated information is sold via our collaborative SaaS mapping platform to engineers and developers who need it to make early-stage decisions on real estate and infrastructure projects. Real time data access reduces labor and project delays, accelerates decision making and reduces project risk. Collaborative features ensure faster information flow and decisioning inside and outside the organization and better project insight retention over time.

The role

As a small team, we all wear many hats and enjoy tackling new challenges. When it comes to tech, we’re seeking experienced individuals who can efficiently identify problems and devise solutions. You will be a foundational team member with the opportunity to work on all aspects of the application and shape the technical future of CivilGrid. Joining at this stage, you will build core systems that will help us scale quickly, and benefit from tremendous upside as we grow. While we don’t expect you to be an expert of our tech stack, a strong understanding of CS fundamentals is required.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with product and design to prototype and iterate on intelligent workflows and user interactions
• Architect and build backend services to deliver AI-powered product features that feel native, fast, and intuitive to use
• Optimize prompts, fine-tune model behavior, and evaluate performance
• Set up analytics, health monitoring, alerts, and logging solutions
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to other team members
• Mentor junior software engineers and help them develop their skills

What we’re looking for

• Built and deployed AI systems to production
• Have 4 – 7 years experience with TypeScript, NodeJS, Rust or similar
• Take pride in 0-1 ownership
• Comfortable in a greenfield environment and excited to shape, design, and stand up new systems
• Strong communication skills – verbal and written
• Have a few war stories to share on running high scale production systems
• Bonus: BS/MS in CS, Civil Engineering or similar
• Bonus: Prior startup or founder experience

The Tech

• Public and private AI models
• Bun.sh, NodeJS, Postgres, Redis
• Hosted on AWS via ECS
• GitHub, Slack, Notion, Figma

What we offer

• Interesting and challenging work
• Lots of room for growth
• Competitive salary and equity
• Health insurance
• Flexible and remote-friendly work environment (US timezones)
• FSA (health and dependent care)
• Unlimited PTO

Requirements

• US Work authorization
• US timezones (East coast preferred)