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CivilGrid
Google Maps for what's buried under the street
Last verified August 29, 2026 · Updated daily
What CivilGrid is building
CivilGrid is a pre-construction data platform that answers one deceptively hard question: what is already in the ground where you want to dig, and who owns it? The product assembles utility shapefiles, land ownership records, geotechnical borings, and environmental constraints into a single map layer engineering teams can scope a project against before anyone breaks ground. The internal shorthand is 'utility composite generation' — stitching the partial, incompatible records that each utility holds about only its own assets into one coherent picture of the subsurface. The insight is structural rather than technical. Every gas, water, sewage, electric, and telecom operator maintains its own map, in its own format, of its own pipes. Nobody owns the union. So roughly 200,000 utility strikes happen in the US every year — not because the data doesn't exist, but because it exists in twelve places that don't talk. Mackanic hit this personally at PG&E: an unknown pipe stalled an excavation for three days at $60,000. CivilGrid is the aggregation layer that should have existed. The customer set is unusual for a software startup this size: government agencies, civil engineering firms, utilities, and developers, all buying platform access. PG&E, Mackanic's former employer, ran a case study that identified roughly $60 million in avoidable paving costs across 1,600 planned gas distribution projects. That is the sales motion — a single number the buyer computed themselves. The stated next move is upward into workflow: automating permit filing and the red tape that sits between a designed project and a shovel. Data first, then the process the data unblocks.
Why this matters
American infrastructure spending is running through a decade-long buildout — grid interconnects, gas distribution replacement, fiber, data center hookups — and every one of those projects starts with the same undifferentiated pain of figuring out what's already underground. The 200,000-strikes-a-year figure is the cost of that fragmentation, paid in delays, re-paving, and occasionally in explosions. CivilGrid's PG&E case study putting $60M of avoidable paving cost against 1,600 projects is the kind of number that makes a procurement conversation short. The timing argument is that this is a data-moat business in a category that software mostly skipped. Civil engineering and utility planning ran on PDFs and phone calls while every other vertical got a SaaS layer. The first company to assemble the composite dataset and get it in front of the agencies who issue permits is very hard to dislodge — the aggregation itself is the product, and it compounds with every jurisdiction added.
Open roles at CivilGrid
4 positions we're tracking. Roles are re-checked daily and removed when filled.
Account Executive – Government
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Director/Senior Director, Product Management
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Four roles are live on the careers page right now across sales and product, immediately after a $26M Series A whose stated purpose is expanding from data into permitting workflow. That combination — fresh capital plus a named product expansion plus open Director-level product headcount — is an active build-out, not a maintenance hire.
Working at CivilGrid
CivilGrid: Google Maps for what's buried under the street. Founded 2020, currently employees. What this means for you: opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
Most CivilGrid jobs are based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
How to actually get hired at CivilGrid
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
CivilGrid uses an ATS, but referrals still come first. Cold applications aren't ignored — they're just behind referrals, sourced candidates, and recruiter picks.
Who to contact at CivilGrid
What to show them
Find a city or county agency that has publicly complained about utility coordination costs — council minutes and capital improvement plans are full of this — and write the one-page business case that agency's own staff would need to approve a CivilGrid purchase, in their budget language.
A cold email that works at CivilGrid
What CivilGrid screens for
Spark Capital leading, with Energy Impact Partners alongside, reads as a bet that infrastructure data is a durable aggregation business rather than a services company — Spark buys category-defining software, EIP buys energy-sector inevitability. The candidate's edge is that CivilGrid's next chapter is explicitly workflow automation on top of the data, and they are staffing product leadership for it right now. Whoever takes the Director of Product role is going to define what permit automation looks like for US infrastructure. The window is the gap between the raise and those seats being filled, which at 59-ish people and a fresh Series A is measured in weeks, not quarters.
Don't send a generic CV to CivilGrid. Mirror the job posting's language to get past automated screening.
Don't make these mistakes
Do not open with generic construction-tech enthusiasm, and do not explain the utility-strike problem to Josh. He spent ten years at PG&E running gas transmission mapping and a $150M+ valve automation program; he has personally eaten the three-day, $60,000 delay that started this company. Telling him underground data is fragmented is telling him his own biography. Equally, avoid pure-software framing that ignores the field — the buyers are agencies and utilities with procurement cycles and regulatory constraints, and a pitch that treats this as 'just a data problem' signals you have never watched a permit sit for six weeks. Lead instead with a specific jurisdiction, dataset, or permitting process you actually understand.
Mistakes that kill CivilGrid applications
At people, a copy-paste CV is immediately obvious. It's an instant no.
Nobody cares what you want. Start with American infrastructure spending is running through a decade-long buildout — grid interconnects, gas distribution replacement, fiber, data center hookups — and every one of those projects starts with the same undifferentiated pain of figuring out what's already underground and how you'd help.
Don't apply and wait. The median Tech application gets no response ever. One follow-up at day five roughly doubles reply rates.
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The CivilGrid interview process
4 stages · 14 days typical · take-home: no · modelled from similar companies
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for CivilGrid. What follows is the typical process for a -person Tech company — treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
Basic qualification and logistics
Recruiter or HR
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
Role fit and experience deep-dive
Hiring manager
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
Skills assessment and problem-solving
Team members
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
Culture fit and cross-functional alignment
Senior leadership
CivilGrid interview timeline
At days, CivilGrid's process is about average than typical for Tech (14 days at this size).
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How many jobs does CivilGrid have open?
CivilGrid currently has 4 open roles, last verified August 2026.
Does CivilGrid hire remotely?
All current CivilGrid roles are based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
What roles is CivilGrid hiring for?
CivilGrid is hiring across Sales, Product, Other, Design. The most recent opening is Account Executive – Government.
How do I apply for a job at CivilGrid?
Apply directly through the links above, or read our guide on how to actually get hired at CivilGrid.
Does CivilGrid respond to cold emails?
We're still collecting cold email data for CivilGrid.
Who is the hiring manager at CivilGrid?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager.
How competitive is it to get hired at CivilGrid?
-person Tech companies see ~100-250 applicants per role in two weeks. The 72-hour window is your advantage.
How many rounds is the CivilGrid interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the CivilGrid interview hard?
It concentrates on relevant experience and culture fit rather than abstract puzzles. The stage candidates find hardest is Final Round.
Does CivilGrid give a take-home task?
No, CivilGrid does not include a take-home stage.
How long does CivilGrid take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the CivilGrid interview?
Prepare for relevant experience and culture fit. A -person startup wants proof you can ship, not that you can whiteboard.
Where is CivilGrid based?
CivilGrid is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Get CivilGrid roles before they're posted
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window — and where we put you in it.
From $9/month, cancel any time.
Watching CivilGrid
0 applicantsRole spotted & verified
1You get the alert
1You've applied
~8Hits the job boards
250+