Founding Designer (Code-First / 100% Remote)

About the role

neoBIM is an AI-driven Building Information Modeling startup working to modernize construction workflows. Backed by experienced founders from the industry, the company is focused on making BIM more intelligent, faster to use, and easier to collaborate on. This is a founding designer role with ownership of the product’s visual direction, interaction model, and design system from the very beginning.

The team is looking for someone who does not treat design as a separate handoff stage. Instead, the ideal designer uses code as the main medium, works directly inside the product’s real system, and helps reduce the gap between design intent and shipped software.

Rather than relying on a traditional Figma-to-engineering pipeline, this role is built around a more direct workflow: concepts are translated into production-ready code with AI assistance, so the product itself remains the source of truth.

What you will do

• Create and maintain the design system in code, using shadcn/ui as the base and defining tokens, variants, modes, responsiveness, and accessibility patterns.
• Build prototypes directly in code with help from Claude or similar tools, so design explorations are already close to production quality.
• Shape the full product experience, including the 3D canvas, viewport controls, property panels, dashboards, and onboarding journeys.
• Take responsibility for iconography and illustrations, either by creating them yourself or by guiding freelancers to produce a consistent visual style.
• Collaborate closely with engineers in a workflow where review and iteration replace long design handoff cycles.
• Contribute to the brand and marketing presence as the company expands.

What the role needs

The company wants a designer who thinks in systems, understands technical limits, and can design effectively for 3D and canvas-based products. The output must be practical, native to the medium, and ready to build rather than just visually polished in a mockup.

• You are comfortable working in code, including HTML, CSS, and React, and you can use AI tools such as Claude to turn ideas into functioning interfaces. You do not need to be a software engineer, but working in a terminal or component file should feel natural enough.
• You have hands-on experience designing software with 3D, spatial, or canvas-based interaction, either through shipped products, serious side projects, or substantial use of tools such as Blender, Rhino, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, Spline, or a game engine. You understand viewport controls, gizmos, camera behavior, and how 2D UI connects to a live 3D scene.
• You have worked with shadcn/ui and understand how tokens, variants, and primitives combine into a coherent system.
• You have a strong sense for icon design and illustration, and you can either create this work yourself or direct external contributors toward a consistent result.
• You design with light and dark modes, as well as responsive behavior, built in from the start.

Benefits and work environment

• Founding-level ownership in a well-supported startup with a credible founding team in the AEC and 3D space.
• A competitive compensation package.
• Direct access to the founders, with minimal process overhead and no committee-driven design.
• The opportunity to help define how professional 3D software looks and feels over the next decade.
• Access to world-class infrastructure.
• A culture centered on deep tech and real-world use cases.
• Flexible remote-first working setup with a strong team building the future of the category.

Additional information

Applicants should send a portfolio and CV. For questions about the position, Felix can be contacted directly by phone or messenger at +49 176 95422094.