Computational Design Developer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients our communities and our planet. If this sparks your interest youre in the right place.

DLR Groups Design Technology team advances the digital practice of design across our integrated architecture engineering and interiors teams. The team supports and develops the technologies standards workflows and tools that enable our designers to work more effectively and solve increasingly complex challenges.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together expertise in digital practice research and development and client-facing digital services with capabilities spanning BIM computational design reality capture GIS automation artificial intelligence and machine learning digital review connected BIM and design visualization.

As a Computational Design Developer at DLR Group you will create custom digital tools and software solutions that advance the way our integrated design teams work. You will develop prototypes applications and computational design workflows that support architects engineers and designers across the firm. This role is ideal for a creative technologist who enjoys solving complex design problems through code exploring emerging technologies and helping shape the future of digital design practice.

• Collaborate with the Design Technology team to develop and implement computational design tools for use across DLR Groups integrated design practice
• Build internal applications and client-facing digital solutions that enhance design review and project workflows
• Develop interactive experiences gaming objects and user interfaces within Unreal Engine
• Create prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions to support research and development initiatives
• Translate designer and stakeholder feedback into thoughtful scalable software solutions
• Contribute to the development of digital pipelines connecting primary design applications and emerging technologies
• Write document test and maintain code within a collaborative development environment
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to shared repositories standards and development practices
• Explore emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for new tools workflows and design capabilities
• Partner with Design Technology leadership and multidisciplinary teams to advance the firms digital design strategy

• Bachelors degree in architecture engineering computer science computational design or a related field
• Experience writing documenting and maintaining code in a collaborative development environment
• Experience working with GitHub or similar version control platforms
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate design or business needs into functional software solutions
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and meet project deadlines
• Collaborative mindset with openness to feedback iteration and continuous improvement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and design teams
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position including temporary visas such as E F-1 (including OPT and CPT) TN J H-1B or those who need employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Experience developing applications or digital tools for architecture engineering construction or design workflows
• Knowledge of C and Unreal Engine Blueprints
• Experience developing interactive tools user interfaces or gaming environments in Unreal Engine
• Familiarity with virtual reality augmented reality extended reality or immersive technologies
• Understanding of game development pipelines and workflows
• Experience with graphics programming shaders or real-time rendering technologies
• Familiarity with AEC 3D modeling and design applications
• Experience developing tools or applications across multiple devices or platforms
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a passion for enabling designers through technology

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DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture engineering interiors planning and building optimization for new builds renovations and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration open information sharing shared risk and reward value-based decision making and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge the ME2040 and the SE2050 and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values commitment creativity environmental stewardship fun integrity ownership sharing teamwork we elevate the human experience through design together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.