Higharc is a VC-backed startup that is changing how new homes are designed and built. Join a founding team who’ve shipped products for Autodesk, Electronic Arts, Nike, and Apple. In 2024, we raised a $53M Series B fundraising round with support from top-notch venture capital firms and more than 18 strategic investors—industry leaders in construction, building products manufacturing, and distribution.
We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join Higharc’s growing team working on its industry leading browser-based CAD editor, Studio. As a core member of the Studio team, your contributions will enable the efficient design and construction of thousands of future homes.Higharc is fully remote; this role can sit anywhere in the continental US.
What You’ll Do
- Build Awesome UI Architectures: You love React and modern web application development and want to be involved with building nothing less than the most performant, scalable UI architecture possible.
- Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with product designers, architects, and users to help extend and develop new UI patterns.
- Problem Solving and Tradeoffs: Buildings are complicated and our editor must be at least as complicated. You excel at problem solving and developing generalizable patterns to the toughest UI problems.
- Continuous Improvement: Iterate and evolve UI implementation methodologies, incorporating new tools and refine as appropriate
About You
Your ability to be hands-on, while also focusing on the bigger strategic picture, sets you apart. Ideally you have a strong interest in the homebuilding industry, whether it's a passion for homes, construction, or home design and you’re motivated by the prospect of elevating an entire industry through the development of a powerful new homebuilding platform.You also have:
- 5+ years of experience working with modern frontend engineering tools
- Extensive experience with TypeScript
- Extensive experience working with React & Redux
- Experience with automated testing of React web applications
- Experience with SASS, Tailwind, or similar modern CSS frameworks
- Experience with Next.js
- Keen performance analysis skills using tools like the React profiler and Chrome profiler
- Natural curiosity and a keen interest in staying abreast of new technologies and testing methodologies
- Excel at communicating within a dynamic organization — highlighting tradeoffs, delivery timelines, and making decisions considering various alternatives
Nice to have:
- Experience testing rich graphical browser UIs based on HTML’s canvas element and/or Three.js
- Familiarity with CAD or CAM applications
Higharc has been remote-first since our founding in 2018. We offer flexible hours so that you do your best work without missing out on life. Higharc offers competitive salaries with significant equity in a fast-growing, well-funded company. Personal healthiness is an important value for us - we provide comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with unlimited PTO, and meaningful maternity/paternity leave. You'll also have access to other big-company benefits like short and long-term disability plans and a 401k.
Haven't worked remotely before? We provide a stipend to help you create the ideal home-office.
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