Summary: 

Onshape (www.onshape.com) is a well-funded mid-size startup developing a completely new Computer Aided Design (CAD) platform, delivered globally as a SaaS, for professional mechanical designers and engineers. Think SolidWorks meets GitHub meets Google Docs. Our office is at One Alewife Center, Cambridge and a very short walk from the Alewife “T” Station. We have a fantastic team here of ~100 people. You will be working on a one-of-a-kind 3D collaborative CAD application with cutting edge cloud, web, and mobile technologies.

The graphics team plays a critical role in presenting the customers’ designs in a manner that is comprehensible, efficient, and pleasing to the eye. Use your programming and graphics skills to improve the fidelity and efficiency of Onshape’s graphics. You can have a hand in helping Onshape’s customers bring bigger and better ideas to life.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement new graphics functionality for a professional 3D modeling application
• Enable scaling of 3D modeling functionality in areas related to storing, transmitting, and rendering massive datasets
• Work with other teams to refine project specs
• Communicate technical plans and schedules with peers
• Fix bugs in all parts of the system
• Meet aggressive deadlines, proactively communicating status and roadblocks

Mandatory skills & qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree and 5 years of development experience in a commercial environment
• Experience developing complex, professional, graphical applications with C or Java
• Experience developing with a programmable graphics API (OpenGL 2 , DirectX, Vulkan, etc..)
• Experience or willingness to learn TypeScript, HTML and other web development skills
• Experience with data structures and algorithms
• Effective communication, comfortable working jointly on projects
• Self-sufficient and proactive
• Strong problem solving skills

Preferred skills & qualifications:

• Experience developing a CAD application
• Experience developing web, SAAS applications
• Experience analyzing and optimizing application runtime performance
• Experience with TypeScript or Javascript
• Experience developing for mobile platforms (iOS, Android)
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience developing in a Mac or Linux environment