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Permitting & Policy Consultant

Spark (YC W24)

Spark (YC W24)

United States
Posted on May 18, 2025

We are hiring a part-time permitting and policy expert to help us redefine how zoning and permitting reports are made.

What You’ll Do

  • Zoning due diligence, curating permit matrices or checklists based on local, state, and federal requirements
  • Policy analysis, such as community solar program policy, tracking legislative sessions, bills, and government filings related to clean energy development.

You Are

  • Skilled in renewable energy or environmental permitting
  • Tech-savvy with a voracious tendency to leverage AI and tools to speed up your research
  • Aligned with our values of urgency, ownership, and truth-seeking
  • Passionate about the energy transition
  • Bonus if you have experience working at a renewables developer

About Spark

Spark AI is workflow software for community and utility-scale solar/storage developers.

One of the biggest challenges in renewable energy is not construction — it’s navigating local regulations. We build AI agents that help energy developers find and understand critical information to develop and invest in solar farms.

Our software instantly analyzes thousands of PDFs, maps, and websites to identify project requirements, local sentiments, and potential fatal flaws in seconds—not weeks.

Companies like Cypress Creek, Standard Solar, and Colliers Engineering & Design use Spark to accelerate their development workflows and gain alpha through the millions of data points we gather nationwide. Our customers have a combined pipeline of over 60 GW in energy assets and more than $12B in project financing.

If you're interested in helping to accelerate a historical energy transition with AI and software, we’d love to hear from you!