AI Research Scientist -Computer Vision

MeltPlan | Planning Engine for the Built Environment

MeltPlan is building the “planning engine” for the $14 Tn construction industry, an AI system designed specifically to optimize decisions before construction begins. While design software optimizes use and aesthetics and construction software optimizes execution and control, MeltPlan is building the missing layer - software that optimizes decisions and tradeoffs upstream, before scope is locked, procurement begins, and change orders become inevitable.

MeltPlan’s long-term goal is to help teams make construction “boring” by making planning more intense: surfacing constraints and tradeoffs early, aligning stakeholders before plans are frozen, and reducing the need for late-stage redlines, rework, and change orders.

MeltPlan is founded by operators who have built at scale. Kanav previously co-founded Innovaccer, a $3Bn healthtech company focused on making US healthcare more affordable and accessible. He’s now applying that systems-level thinking to construction.He’s joined by Tanmaya Kala, former Project Executive at DPR Construction, who led large commercial, healthcare, and life sciences projects. We combine deep tech scale with real construction execution.

What This Role Really Is

We are looking for an AI Research Scientist – Computer Vision to enhance and manage the PlanGraph model, which transforms 2D drawings into structured graphical representations of building elements. The role involves solving downstream business use cases such as quantity takeoff, code compliance, value engineering, and constructability analysis.We are specifically looking for hands-on researchers with experience in solving real-world Computer Vision problems and building custom vision models, VLMs, or VLLMs for production-grade applications.

What You’ll Do

• Architect AI workflows using DAG-based orchestration
• Design structured prompt systems and agent flows
• Build evaluation frameworks (automated + human-in-the-loop)
• Implement observability: logging, tracing, failure analysis
• Optimize token usage, latency, and cost across workflows
• Design retrieval systems (embeddings, chunking, ranking)
• Create guardrails and structured outputs for reliability
• Continuously improve model performance with measurable metrics
• You’ll turn probabilistic systems into dependable infrastructure.

What We’re Looking For

Strong backend or systems engineering fundamentals

Experience building production AI systems (not demos)

Understanding of

• Prompt design and structured outputs
• RAG systems
• Evaluation pipelines
• Workflow orchestration
• Monitoring + logging for LLM systems
• Comfort debugging non-deterministic behavior
• Ability to think in tradeoffs (latency vs cost vs quality)

Bonus if you’ve

• Built multi-step agent systems
• Designed internal eval harnesses
• Optimized token economics at scale
• Worked in messy real-world data environments

Why MeltPlan

• Massive industry, real-world impact
• High ownership from day one
• Small team, zero bureaucracy
• Competitive comp + meaningful equity

How to Apply

Send us

Your GitHub

• Links to products you’ve shipped
• A short note on something you built that you’re proud of
• We value builders. Show us what you’ve made.