Full Stack Engineer Engineering · Boston (Preferred) or Remote · Full Time

xFigura; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Flexible PTO

High ownership

Job summary

xFigura is seeking a Founding Engineer to work directly with the CEO and Head of R&D on the core AI-native design platform used by leading architecture firms, designers, and universities in Boston. You will own end-to-end systems from concept through deployment, shaping architecture, and guiding technical direction.

Responsibilities include building scalable frontend/backend infrastructure, orchestrating AI workflows, and integrating with CAD ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping full production systems end-to-end.
• Production experience with AI/ML systems.
• Highly effective use of AI development tools.
• Comfort operating with autonomy and ambiguity.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features and systems end-to-end.
• Architect scalable frontend and backend infrastructure.
• Contribute to AI workflow orchestration pipelines.
• Develop canvas tooling and integrations with design software.
• Collaborate directly with users to translate workflows into systems.
• Ship quickly with iterative improvement.

Skills

AI/ML systems

Production systems

Ambiguity handling

Communication

Autonomy

Job description

Join xFigura as a Founding Engineer, working directly with the CEO and Head of R&D to build the core systems behind an AI-native design platform used by leading architecture firms, designers, and universities.

This role focuses on foundational work: orchestrating generative models, powering collaborative canvas tooling, integrating with CAD ecosystems, and shaping the platform architecture that everything else builds on. We already have production usage and enterprise adoption. The next phase is scaling capability, performance, and infrastructure.

You'll own systems end-to-end from concept through deployment, translating real architectural workflows into scalable software while influencing engineering culture, hiring standards, and technical direction.

Key Focus Areas

Infinite canvas collaboration and creative tooling

CAD integrations (Rhino, Speckle, Revit)

Enterprise knowledge and agent-driven retrieval systems

Responsibilities

Build and ship features and systems end-to-end

Architect scalable frontend and backend infrastructure

Contribute to AI workflow orchestration pipelines

Develop canvas tooling and integrations with design software

Collaborate directly with users to translate workflows into systems

Ship quickly with iterative improvement

Required Qualifications

Experience shipping full production systems end-to-end

Production experience with AI/ML systems

Highly effective use of AI development tools

Comfort operating with autonomy and ambiguity

Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Real-time or collaborative system experience
• Canvas or node-based UI familiarity
• API and compute pipeline integration experience
• Exposure to CAD/BIM or AEC workflows
• Cloud infrastructure experience
• Early-stage startup background
• Competitive salary plus meaningful founding equity
• Flexible PTO
• High ownership and autonomy

What You'll Gain

• Ownership of foundational platform systems
• Direct collaboration with founders
• Influence over architecture and roadmap