Engineering Manager, Studio

Role Overview

Engineering Manager for Higharc Studio, a browser-based 2D/3D CAD design tool. You’ll lead a team building a high-performance CAD experience in the browser across computational geometry, 3D visualization, and interactive editing.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering projects for Higharc Studio: design, planning, and delivery.
• Partner with the Building Generation team to define and maintain a clean API surface between the building model layer and Studio’s interaction/rendering systems.
• Drive frontend architectural and technical decisions to ensure performance, maintainability, and a delightful UX.
• Balance rapid iteration with systematic improvements to quality, testability, and technical debt reduction.
• Develop and mentor engineers; foster technical depth, accountability, and collaboration.
• Co-own the product roadmap with product/design leaders, applying engineering judgment to prioritization and trade-offs.
• Run an async-first operating rhythm: minimal meetings, clear decision ownership, and strong engineering accountability.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering management experience, including mentoring Senior engineers and scaling teams.
• Deep experience delivering complex interactive 2D/3D browser applications.
• Strong frontend architecture background: React, TypeScript, WebAssembly, Web Workers.
• Graphics/CAD-related expertise: Three.js, WebGL, or custom geometry kernels.
• Strong cross-functional communication and ability to influence trade-offs and earn trust quickly.
• Familiarity with geometric modeling, constraint solving, or real-time rendering pipelines.
• Passion for pushing the limits of web-based CAD and bringing sophisticated 2D/3D tools to life.

Nice to Haves

• Extensive experience with CAD-specific systems challenges (geometry kernels, constraint solving, rendering pipelines) beyond baseline familiarity.