Regional Design Technology Lead - Computation

Your Role

You are a developer with a passion and experience in delivering production code in the Design/Architecture industry. You can deliver high-quality code that is modular and extensible by your colleagues because it s human readable, well-commented, and thoughtfully architected. You are comfortable writing code that can interact with the application and display layers. You have a passion for code clarity, extensibility, and scalability. You are open to learning and enjoy teaching what you know. You are purpose-driven and want to be part of a unique design technology team at an organization with amazing global impact.

What You Will Do

• Develop & deploy low-mid fidelity computational tools for the region.
• Support design teams by developing quick, bespoke computational solutions for projects.
• Prepare material and conduct training on using computation, sustainability analysis & BIM solutions.
• Test and facilitate adoption of computational solutions developed by the Firmwide (FW) Team.
• Help grow computational design capabilities within the region.
• Support Gensler sustainability goals, especially on topics relevant to your day-to-day duties.
• Engage and collaborate with the larger team on sustainability efforts and initiatives.
• Research and implement ways to optimize our internal workflow environmental impact.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, engineering and/or architecture or equivalent years of experience
• Strong understanding of parametric modelling, automation and computational workflows.
• Proficient in scripting languages like Python and/or C#
• Experience/ability to build and deploy Rhino scripts & plugins
• Experience/ability to build and deploy Grasshopper scripts & plugins
• Deep knowledge of Rhino Common and Grasshopper SDKs
• Comfortable working using Git + source control in a team environment
• Good code hygiene and DRY approach

Optional, but preferred

• Web development skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Typescript, Node.js, Graph QL, Ionic, React / Vue.js)
• Experience in UI/UX development process
• Experience/ability to build and deploy Revit/Dynamo scripts & plugins
• Working knowledge in Power BI/Data Visualization
• Experience/ability in Machine Learning development in the computational design context
• Graphic design, motion design, and storytelling skills
• Experience/understanding of interoperability workflows in Speckle.

Supplementary Skills

• Experience in Tensor flow, pix2pix or other Machine Learning/AI frameworks
• Experience with AI workflow for example using Stable Diffusion and LLMs
• Interest in product development for the AEC