Computational Design Engineer

The Computational Design Engineer owns how Build looks, feels and works, and ships it in production code. This is a design role and an engineering role in equal measure. You'll design the product and the 3D and site design tools behind it, then build them yourself: production React and TypeScript on the front end, and Rhino, Grasshopper and Python for the geometry underneath. Build helps the world's largest real estate and infrastructure institutions find, test and plan sites a magnitude faster than the market.

Responsibilities

Design and build spatial and 3D design tools, including parametric logic, site layouts, 3D views and CAD outputs; Own product design end to end, from user flows and interfaces to shipped features; Build the front end in React and TypeScript; Own the design system of components, type, motion and rules; Make complex work clear through screens and reports for clients; Work on everything around the product, including flagship demos, the website and client deliverables; Spend time with clients and feed insights back into the product

Requirements

Trained in architecture, product or computational design; Writes production code; Experience with 3D and geometry tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper, Python or C#, Three.js or similar; Has built tools, not just used them; Has shipped production front end (React, TypeScript, Next.js) and designed it; A few years at a leading architecture, design or engineering practice, a product company building design or spatial tools, or own practice with this at its core; Has made complex tools simple for non-technical users; Portfolio shows both the thinking and the working thing that shipped; Holds own with engineers and wants to be held to an engineering standard; Cares about AI, software and how the physical world gets built

Nice to have

Experience with masterplanning, site planning or massing studies; Experience with CAD and drawing output (DXF, layered drawings); Experience designing data-heavy, map-based or AI products; An eye for brand as well as product; Experience as a founder or the first designer at an early-stage company

Benefits

Radical autonomy and real ownership; Meaningful, generous equity; An accelerated founder's track; Elite teammates and an uncompromising bar; Perpetual adventure and extraordinary team experiences; Opportunity to shape the built world