Software Engineer, Materials

Higharc is a VC-backed startup that is changing how new homes are designed and built. They are seeking a pragmatic Senior Software Engineer to build their new Materials & Purchasing vertical, connecting design to real-world products. The role involves developing full-stack features and designing systems that manage product catalogs and pricing.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain full-stack features spanning UI, API layer, business logic, and data models
• Design and implement rule engines that manage pricing, inventory, availability, and selection constraints
• Enrich the home data model to connect design decisions to the products bought in the real world
• Architect extensible, maintainable systems that scale as this new vertical grows
• Build configuration and selection experiences where users navigate many interdependent choices
• Optimize backend performance including query tuning, N+1 resolution, indexing strategies, and scaling bottlenecks
• Build complex search, filtering, and querying systems across large catalog datasets

Requirements:

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience building polished, user-facing features
• Professional competency with React, SQL, API design, and query optimization
• Experience with configurator, customization, or rule-engine UX
• A track record building extensible production systems
• Strong UX intuition and an ability to reason about complex constraint systems
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a high tolerance for building something new
• Familiarity with 3D/CAD or visual-design-tool ecosystems
• Experience with catalogs, procurement, e-commerce, or materials/pricing data