--- title: 'Principal at Eagle' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/principal-eagle-new-york-c09vwjh3te0p' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Principal at Eagle - **Company:** Eagle - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/eagle/7165df3e-f719-410b-a115-fda2d99e6514 ## Job description ## About the Company [Eagle](https://www.eagleeng.com/) is on a mission to re-energize the engineering profession. Every road, water system, and power grid starts at an engineering firm. There are 40K+ of them in the US, and most run on software older than the engineers using it. We partner deeply with engineering firms and build an AI-native operating system to give engineers superpowers: getting things done faster and better. Eagle was founded by Mayank Mardia (CEO), Sohum Daftary (President), and Thomas Shouler, P.E. (CTO), and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners. ## About the Role As a Principal at Eagle, you'll report to Sohum (President) and work with the Founders across building strategic partnerships with great engineering firms, helping those firms grow, and supporting Eagle's operations. You'll be an extension of the Founders, and in some places a replacement. We want you to own workstreams, important conversations, and meaningful decisions, to have a perspective, and to mobilize people to get things done. In this role, you'll: 🀝 Earn trust onsite: Be onsite at our partner firms and earn the trust of firm leaders and engineers who've never worked with a tech company. πŸ—ΊοΈ Run the partnership cadence: Work with partner firm leadership on the 90-day plan, comp plan rollout, and key hires. πŸ” Own relationships with founder-owners: Meet founder-owners of engineering firms and own the relationship from first call to signed partnership. Keep it high touch, and solve for their objectives. βš™οΈ Help run Eagle: Support Eagle's operations, including recruiting, logistics, and admin. πŸš€ Build the partnership: Help transform our partner engineering firms, against an industry backdrop that’s barely been touched by AI. πŸ“ˆ Grow as we grow: As we add partner firms, paths include leading new partnerships, operating roles at our partner firms, and senior roles at Eagle. We'll talk openly about where you want to go. And there will be lots more, especially as you ideate through and materialize new opportunities within Eagle and our partner firms. You Could Be a Great Fit If You: Earn trust - Through excellent communication, nuance, and persuasion - By bringing people along with clarity, empathy, and intention Show up - Get on a plane, then implement the ideas you come up with - Unblock the work by meeting people, understanding them, and getting folks aligned Stay curious - Ask hard questions and listen - Learn fast and lean into new domains - Build systems and iterate Professionally, you have 5+ years of experience in management consulting, IB / PE / VC, or start-up operations. Bonus points if you have started something of your own. Process Our process takes about 2 weeks: a conversation with Sohum or Mayank, a second founder conversation, an onsite where you walk us through a short case followed by dinner with the team, and references. Working at Eagle πŸ’° Compensation $200,000 to $250,000 salary and equity, depending on experience and scope. ❀️ Benefits Health Insurance: Full healthcare, medical and dental Retirement: 401(k) PTO: Flexible time off Travel: Company-paid Office: HQ in New York City, open to you anytime πŸ‘₯ From Mayank, Sohum, and Tom We're nice! We promise. We're small, fast, and in-person in New York. We ask a lot of questions, build each other up as professionals, and focus on delivering great outcomes. Sharing a little about us: [Mayank](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayank-mardia/) (CEO) is the son of an engineering firm owner in post-Katrina New Orleans. He studied computer science and Wharton finance at Penn (summa) and was a U.S. Presidential Scholar. He worked on applied AI at Bloomberg and as a PM at Ethic, and built insider-trading detection for the SEC. [Sohum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohum-daftary-779999100/) (President) is a technology private equity investor. He studied electrical engineering and Wharton finance in Penn's M&T program (summa), then was a VP at Long Ridge Equity Partners, a technology and services middle-market private equity firm. [Tom](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasshouler) (CTO) is a structural engineer turned software engineer. A Cornell grad and licensed P.E., he started at Arup, where he first built software inside the firm, then spent a decade at Palantir, Pivotal, and Replica deploying software within government agencies and Fortune 500s. ## Equal Opportunity We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. Eagle is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. If you need an accommodation at any point in the process, tell us and we'll make it work. ## About Eagle ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Eagle is an AI-native platform and strategic partner that acquires and scales civil, structural, and MEP engineering firms by embedding proprietary AI tools into their workflows. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed-stage, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners) - **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, USA - **Founded**: 2025 - **Founders**: Mayank Mardia, Sohum Daftary, Thomas Shouler ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Engineering Services (AEC β€” Architecture, Engineering, Construction) / Applied AI - **Target customers**: AEC firms (civil, structural, MEP engineering firms) β€” B2B, enterprise-focused partnership model - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Unleashing engineering for the built environment" β€” on a mission to flip the script by arming engineers with frontier technology instead of replacing them [eagleeng.com](https://www.eagleeng.com/) ## Products & Services - **Eagle Platform (AI Operating System for AEC)**: A suite of proprietary AI tools built for engineering firms. Key modules include: - **Proposal Generation**: AI drafts 100-page proposals in hours from past work and firm standards. - **Opportunity Intelligence**: Combines public and private data to surface leads before RFPs drop. - **Relationship Mapping**: AI maps decision-makers, tracks job changes, and surfaces warm connections. - **Document Intelligence & Structured Knowledge Store**: Automates drafting, calculations, and documentation; integrates LLMs and multimodal models into production workflows. - **Acquisition & Transformation Model**: Eagle acquires engineering firms and embeds its tech team to build custom tools alongside existing engineers β€” the firm’s brand, team, and culture stay the same. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private, seed-stage startup) - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not publicly disclosed; backed by **Lightspeed Venture Partners** (a global VC) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead investor); Advisors include **Carl Bass** (former President & CEO of Autodesk) and **Finlay McLay** (former CEO of Consertus, former COO of Cumming) - **Growth Signals**: - Founded in 2025 with only 2 employees initially; LinkedIn shows 2 employees with +16.7% monthly growth [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/eagleengtech) - Website traffic growing +133.6% month-over-month (2,130 monthly visits, 100% US-based) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/eagleengtech) - Actively hiring founding technical staff (Applied AI Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer) [careerbuilder.com](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/job/applied-ai-engineer/8601552) - Core thesis: 85% of what engineers do is theoretically automatable, yet less than 5% has been touched by AI β€” representing the largest automation gap of any profession [news.ycombinator.com](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477019) ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in AI-native AEC consolidation**: Eagle is building the first AI-native engineering design firm by acquiring and transforming existing firms rather than competing with them β€” a unique roll-up strategy with embedded tech. - **Deep domain expertise**: Founders combine structural/civil engineering backgrounds (Arup, Palantir) with AI/software development (Bloomberg, Ethic, Pivotal) and investment experience (Long Ridge, Arena). - **Purpose-built AI for a legacy industry**: Unlike generic AI tools, Eagle builds custom spatial reasoning models, CAD file parsers, and regulatory compliance agents specifically for infrastructure engineering. - **Advisory board strength**: Carl Bass (former Autodesk CEO) provides credibility and deep AEC industry connections. ## Strategic Focus - **Acquire and transform**: Identify and acquire civil, structural, and MEP engineering firms, then embed Eagle's AI platform to multiply their output without changing their brand or culture. - **Build the AI operating system for engineering**: Develop a platform that automates the 85% of grunt work (drafting, calculations, documentation, proposals) so engineers can focus on design. - **Talent density**: Hire founding technical staff who can embed with engineering teams, understand workflows, and build production AI β€” aiming to become "the most valuable, talent-dense engineering firm in the United States" [careerbuilder.com](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) - **National infrastructure focus**: Targeting water systems, power utilities, bridges, and transportation to meet the country's generational energy, climate, and infrastructure needs. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven impact**: Work on the hardest infrastructure, energy, and climate problems in the U.S. with direct impact on the built environment. - **Founding team access**: As a seed-stage company, early hires work directly with the founders (Mayank, Sohum, Thomas) on architecture decisions, firm acquisitions, and product strategy β€” building from zero. - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on curiosity, deep technical work, and "getting your hands dirty" β€” candidates who are "not above any task" (writing web scrapers, helping users, building Windows native plugins) are valued. - **Compensation**: Competitive cash ($150K–$300K depending on experience) + founding equity scaled to scope [careerbuilder.com](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) - **Location**: In-person office in **New York City** (onsite/hybrid β€” job postings specify NYC) [careerbuilder.com](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) - **Benefits**: Full healthcare benefits included [careerbuilder.com](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) - **Learning opportunity**: Deep exposure to AEC domain, LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, computer vision, CAD/spatial data β€” a rare intersection of AI and civil engineering. ## Sources 1. [eagleeng.com](https://www.eagleeng.com/) 2. [linkedin.com/company/eagleengtech](https://www.linkedin.com/company/eagleengtech) 3. [builtin.com - Applied AI Engineer job posting](https://builtin.com/job/applied-ai-engineer/8601552) 4. [careerbuilder.com - Member of Technical Staff job posting](https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/member-of-technical-staff-new-york-ny--190b018e-4ac6-4b1e-a306-fcaf2b5bc747) 5. [news.ycombinator.com - Eagle hiring post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477019) ## Other roles at Eagle - [Design Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/design-engineer-eagle-new-york-rnkparj1s7nf) β€” New York, NY - [Staff Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-eagle-new-york-e8fk2t6rwred) β€” New York, NY - [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-engineer-eagle-new-york-1wrcsyw3767h) β€” New York, NY - [Principal](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-rocketship-public-schools-san-jose-3kmqcfqhwhjv) β€” San Jose, CA - [Principal](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-significance-inc-ft-belvoir-5ewgqfw7taw2) β€” Ft Belvoir, VA