Innovation Software Engineer 1

Innovation Software Engineer I (Marketplace) at Built Technologies is an onsite role in Nashville, TN where you’ll help build production-minded software alongside experienced engineers. You’ll prototype quickly, explore AI-powered workflows, and partner with teammates to turn customer problems tied to construction projects into working marketplace services.

This role focuses on shipping real features and reusable building blocks for Marketplace products, while using AI coding tools to support development and prototype AI-driven functionality.

What you’ll do

• Develop features, APIs, internal tools, and reusable components for Marketplace products, collaborating on design, implementation, testing, and code review.
• Convert early product concepts into working prototypes and MVPs by building quickly, learning from feedback, and improving what’s shipped.
• Use AI coding tools as part of your daily workflow and help create AI-powered capabilities such as document extraction, data validation, agent-driven workflows, and automation.
• Build backend confidence, working with services and APIs, asynchronous workflows, data models, testing, and reliability and maintainability practices.
• Join customer discovery conversations, observe how users interact with the products, and translate insights into improvements.
• Find workflow friction, fix bugs, improve usability, and help make products more reliable and valuable to customers.
• Learn how a workflow operates before automating it, then build tools and integrations that reduce repetitive work and improve efficiency.
• Participate in code reviews, ask questions, incorporate feedback, and gradually take on larger engineering ownership.

Required qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, or a related technical role.
• Recent graduates and career changers with strong hands-on projects are encouraged to apply.
• Experience writing code in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python through professional work, internships, coursework, or personal projects.
• Familiarity with APIs, databases, and fundamental software engineering concepts.
• Experience using AI coding tools or experimenting with LLMs to build something, plus curiosity about incorporating AI into real products.
• At least one project you can walk through, including the problem, approach, and what you learned.
• Genuine interest in building software, solving problems, and understanding how your work impacts customers.
• Comfort learning unfamiliar technologies, asking for help, and incorporating feedback.
• Strong communication skills and interest in close collaboration with engineers, Product, and other teams.

Technologies

• TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
• APIs
• LLMs
• React, Node.js
• SQL
• AWS

Benefits

• Competitive benefits including uncapped vacation [US ONLY], medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Robust compensation package including equity in the form of stock options.
• Learning Grant program to support ongoing professional development.
• 401k with match and expedited vesting [US ONLY].

AI and technology expectations

• Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, quality, and speed.
• Use AI to support drafting, analysis, summarization, and problem-solving.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and reduce manual effort through automation and AI.
• Apply AI to sharpen decision-making and strengthen technical and product insights.
• Share effective AI use cases and best practices with the team.

Travel requirement

• Employees not based in the Nashville area must travel to the Nashville office at least twice per year for company gatherings (for example, Connect Week).
• Additional travel to Nashville may be required based on role and business needs.

Compensation: USD 80,000 - 110,000 per year.