Senior Software Engineer, Language Development
About the role
About Us
We're on a mission to revolutionize the CAD industry by developing the world's most advanced hardware design infrastructure and tools. Mechanical CAD is in the dark ages, and hardware demands have outpaced today’s hardware design infrastructure. The industry is due for a refresh, and we're laying the foundation for a modern hardware design toolkit so that you can create new design tools never before possible.
About The Role
We are seeking a Software Engineer with deep expertise in functional programming languages, interpreters, and modern web technologies to help shape the future of our next-gen CAD software. In this role, you'll work on KCL, our new programming language for 3D design. You'll help design language features, identify and improve rough edges or hard-to-use features, and improve its interpreter runtime. You'll also integrate KCL into its purpose-built IDE, Zoo Design Studio, allowing users to build KCL programs using a familiar point-and-click GUI. You’ll work across Rust, WebAssembly and TypeScript building advanced developer-centric features. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll partner with our team to push the boundaries of interactive, code-driven design.
What You’ll Do
- Integrate the interpreter for a domain specific language (DSL) with a GUI written in TypeScript
- Implement code-mods and other code refactoring tools
- Add features and maintain an interpreter written in Rust, running in WebAssembly
- Maintain a language parser and syntax highlighting
- Develop and optimize the frontend of our modeling app, focusing on performance and user experience
- Collaborate with backend teams to design and implement robust APIs that support the app's code-driven design functionality
- Enhance the app's UI/UX by leveraging TypeScript, React, and XState, ensuring that the interface is both powerful and easy to use
- Develop delightful CodeMirror extensions that bridge the gap between the user's code and the 3d-model
- Implement advanced AST/code-mods, CodeMirror enhancements, and deep integration with WebAssembly (Wasm) for performance improvements
- Utilize XState for state management