Based in Durham, North Carolina, Higharc is a software technology company that is developing an online design tool for buyers and builders. Its tool enables users to create home de
Research Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
72 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Research Engineer
Higharc
• conduct foundational research in spatial AI for residential construction • develop novel approaches at the intersection of reinforcement learning, computer vision, LLMs, and 3D geometry • produce research capabilities that power Higharc's AI platform • design and conduct original research in spatial reasoning for residential construction • apply computer vision techniques to extract semantic structure from architectural inputs • develop RL-based approaches for generative architectural design • deliver research outputs ready for integration • partner with the Prototyping Engineer to deploy fine-tuned models and RAG systems into the Higharc platform
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 2+ years directly on LLM development, fine-tuning, or applied ML systems in production
- Hands-on experience with model training frameworks (HuggingFace Transformers, PyTorch) and fine-tuning workflows on domain-specific corpora
- Practical experience with RAG architectures, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), and embedding model selection
- Experience with 3D modeling, computational geometry, or computer graphics in a research or production context
- Strong proficiency in Python across the ML ecosystem; React/TypeScript proficiency for integration work
- A Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a closely related field
- A Ph.D., particularly for candidates focused on model research and pre-training is a major plus
- Open-source contributions or published research is a major plus
- Familiarity with BIM tools (Revit, AutoCAD) or BIM data formats (IFC, gbXML) is a major plus
- Experience with Three.js or equivalent 3D frameworks is a major plus
Benefits
- comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- unlimited PTO
- meaningful maternity/paternity leave to all U.S based employees that are full-time
- stipend to create the ideal home office
- competitive salaries with significant equity
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