Foundation EGI - Mechanical Design Integrations Backend Engineer

• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. • 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend services and production software. • Strong Python engineering skills with experience writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code. • Experience developing software integrations using commercial CAD APIs, such as Siemens NX Open, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS API, Creo Toolkit, Autodesk Inventor API, or similar engineering platforms. • Experience building cloud-native applications, backend APIs, and data models (including Protobuf). • Experience working with 3D engineering data, CAD models, assemblies, and related engineering file formats. • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, research, and product teams. • You've built software using at least one commercial CAD API: • Siemens NX Open • Autodesk Inventor API • Experience developing CAD automation tools, plugins or engineering software integrations. • Familiarity with computational geometry, CAD workflows, PLM systems, or engineering data pipelines. • Experience working with large-scale 3D models, assemblies or complex engineering datasets. • Strong programming experience in C++ alongside Python. • Experience designing and implementing gRPC-based APIs and distributed services. • Experience building and deploying applications using Docker and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). • Experience implementing logging, monitoring, observability, and production debugging practices. • Experience partnering with mechanical engineers, researchers, or AI/ML teams to build engineering applications. • Passion for building software at the intersection of CAD, Mechanical Engineering, Backend Systems, and Engineering AI. • Python, TypeScript • Next.JS, React.JS • Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker • $110,000 - $175,000 a year • We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.