Software Engineer — Design Automation

PetsApp; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity ownership

Healthcare, dental, and vision

Job summary

A leading software company in architecture is seeking a Software Engineer to enhance design automation tools. This role involves building and maintaining Revit plugins that integrate AI and data systems into architectural workflows. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience, strong Python skills, and a passion for creating user-friendly tools that streamline design processes. The position offers competitive salary and meaningful equity ownership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Python and pyRevit for Revit plugin development.
• Comfort working with APIs and integrating backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Revit plugins for architectural workflows.
• Design intuitive UX for architects inside Revit.
• Rapidly prototype and productionize workflow improvements.

Skills

Python

Revit plugin development (pyRevit)

API integration

BIM workflows

Data-driven design systems

Job description

Help reinvent how housing gets designed, permitted, and built in America.

Cedar is building the operating system for urban housing delivery. We combine architectural expertise with software, automation, and data systems to dramatically accelerate how projects move from land acquisition to approved designs and construction. The result: faster timelines, higher quality, lower risk, and more housing in the cities that need it most.

Our team blends architects, engineers, and product builders. We design real buildings — and we build the software systems that make great architecture scalable.

The Role

Software Engineer — Design Automation

Cedar is looking for a Software Engineer to build the tools that architects use every day. This role sits at the intersection of design workflows and Cedar’s AI platform, with ownership over how our automation shows up inside Revit and other BIM environments.

You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining Revit plugins that surface Cedar’s AI-powered feasibility, zoning intelligence, and design systems directly in the tools architects already use. This is a highly applied role: you’ll work closely with architects, computational designers, and product engineers to turn real workflow pain into fast, reliable software.

If you’re excited about making advanced automation feel native inside design tools — and about shipping software that changes how buildings actually get made — this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain Revit plugins that integrate Cedar’s AI and data systems into daily architectural workflows
• Design clean, intuitive UX for architects inside Revit (commands, panels, workflows, feedback loops)
• Work closely with architects and computational designers to deeply understand real design and documentation workflows
• Partner with Cedar’s platform engineers to integrate APIs, models, and services into production tools
• Own the reliability, performance, and usability of design automation tools used on real projects
• Rapidly prototype workflow improvements and productionize the best ones
• Help define Cedar’s long-term approach to design automation inside BIM tools

Who You Are

• You care about craft — both in software and in the user experience of real practitioners
• You enjoy working across disciplines and translating messy real-world workflows into clean systems
• You’re motivated by tools that create leverage for people, not just abstract infrastructure
• You’re comfortable owning features end-to-end, from UX to architecture to deployment
• You like shipping, learning from real usage, and iterating fast

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience with Python and pyRevit for Revit plugin development
• Comfort working with APIs, services, and integrating backend systems into frontend tools
• Familiarity with AEC workflows, BIM, parametric/computational design, or design automation
• Experience working with AI-powered tools, geometry processing, or data-driven design systems

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity ownership
• Healthcare, dental, and vision
• Early-stage ownership and impact