Full-Stack Data Engineer

Tangible; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tangible seeks a Software Engineer to develop ML-powered features for their platform aimed at real-estate developers. This fully remote role involves data layer design, model integration, and collaboration with various teams, supporting a mission to reduce CO₂ emissions in construction.

Benefits

100% employer-paid health insurance

401(k) with 4% match

25 days PTO plus company-wide break

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software with at least one complex data-driven product.
• Fluency in relational modeling, SQL, and ORM (ActiveRecord).
• Bias toward building features, not just infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Ship customer-facing features using Ruby on Rails, TypeScript + React.
• Ingest 3D building models and parse Revit files.
• Own schemas, ETL/ELT jobs, and APIs.

Skills

Relational modeling

SQL

ORM

Ruby on Rails

React

Machine Learning

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: Fully remote (US or Canada only)

Our platform helps real-estate developers and general contractors cut millions of kilograms of CO₂ embedded in construction materials. You’ll design the data layer and ML‑powered features that turn messy BIM files, spec sheets, and market data into real‑time decisions on carbon, cost, and material health.

What you’ll do

• Ship customer‑facing features. Combine Ruby on Rails, TypeScript + React, and lightweight ML models to deliver insights, predictions, and automation.
• Ingest 3D building models. Parse Revit (and similar) files to quantify material volumes, costs, and embodied carbon.
• Model & pipeline data end‑to‑end. Own schemas, ETL/ELT jobs, and APIs that surface data directly inside user workflows.
• Evolve our material knowledge‑graph. Curate data on products, manufacturers, carbon factors, and pricing—keeping it fast, accurate, and queryable.
• Integrate with the construction stack. Build integrations for Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and carbon‑accounting tools.
• Keep things lean & reliable. Choose pragmatic SaaS/managed services so a 10‑person team can punch above its weight.
• Collaborate across the company. Pair with product, UX, and research to prototype, A/B‑test, and iterate quickly.

What you bring

• 5+ years building production software, including at least one complex data‑driven product.
• Fluency in relational modeling, SQL, and an ORM (we use ActiveRecord).
• Comfort wearing many hats—designing schemas, writing API endpoints, tweaking React components, and leverage ML when it moves the needle.
• A bias toward building features, not just infrastructure.
• A personal drive to fight climate change and join a tight‑knit, radically caring team.

Bonus points

• Hands‑on experience turning ML prototypes into shipped product features.
• Prior work with Revit, or other AEC data formats.
• Domain knowledge in real‑estate, architecture, or construction tech.
• Deep Ruby on Rails expertise.

Compensation & benefits

• $130k – $160k USD salary + generous seed‑stage equity
• 100 % employer‑paid health insurance
• 401(k) with 4 % match
• 25 days PTO plus company‑wide break between Christmas and New Year’s
• Flexible hours & fully remote culture (with twice‑yearly in‑person retreats)