Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in building complex, frontend-heavy interactive web applications., Proficiency with React/Redux applications in TypeScript/JavaScript., 3+ years of experience as a people lead with a focus on team success and growth., Familiarity with Three.js or similar graphics frameworks is a plus..

Key responsibilities:

Lead the design, specifications, and estimation of engineering projects.

Collaborate with the Building Generation team on computational geometry.

Develop and institute new processes to enhance quality and speed of project delivery.

Inspire and mentor a team of engineers through regular feedback and performance reviews.

Job description

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 an Engineering Manager to lead and develop a subset of our diverse and distributed Engineering team. You will help build expand and improve a revolutionary design tool and web platform for homebuilding.

The right candidate for this role knows how to keep advancing rapid feature development through iterative delivery, and uses each iteration to advance product quality and address tech debt. This role will reports to the VP of Engineering and will be remote anywhere in the Americas.

What you'll do:

Lead the design, specifications, and estimation of engineering projects in the Higharc Studio space, as well as management of team capacity and work assignments.
Collaborate closely on a shared problem space with the Building Generation team which focuses on the computational geometry underlying the Studio product
Maintain a deep level of understanding of the technical aspects of our product to help facilitate fast, informed decisions.
Identify, develop, and institute new processes that raise quality while also delivering rapidly on strategic projects
Effectively inspire, develop, and grow the talent on your team via regular 1:1’s, annual performance reviews, and continual actionable feedback
Develop a team of high-performing engineers, partnering with senior engineers to multiply their impact, and mentoring more junior engineers.
Foster ownership, inclusiveness, accountability, high standards, and urgency in the team.

You might be a good fit if you have:

Experience building complex, frontend-heavy interactive web applications that are widely used and loved
Demonstrated proficiency with React/Redux applications in TypeScript/JavaScript
Bonus points for familiarity with Three.js or similar graphics frameworks
Success in managing a high-impact team in a remote work environment
3+ years of experience as a people lead, with demonstrated ability to ensure the success and growth of your team members
A history of healthy collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other engineering managers on developing roadmaps and working towards them

Higharc has been remote first since our founding in 2018. We offer flexible hours so you can 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 such like short and long-term disability plans and a 401K. Haven't worked remotely before? We provide a stipend to create the ideal home office.

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