Design Technology Lead - Computation

Placed at the intersection of Gensler’s People + Process + Technology, the Design Technology team drives innovation across design, project delivery, and the digital practice throughout the Northwest region. In this role, you will help advance the next generation of design technology by developing and supporting innovative workflows, digital tools, data platforms, software solutions, and emerging AI capabilities that expand what our teams can imagine, create, and deliver.

Working alongside designers, practice area leaders, and technologists, you will help transform emerging technologies into practical solutions that elevate design outcomes, unlock new insights, and strengthen our digital workflows. If you are passionate about innovation, experimentation, and shaping the future of technology in design, we invite you to join our growing team.

• Consult teams on design and delivery workflows utilizing multiple digital design technologies and platforms on high-performance projects.
• Support a fast-growing data-driven design community of practitioners in the region.
• Collaborate with the data team to develop, train and deploy ML algorithms leveraging a continuous flow of data from data-rich design authoring tools.
• Leverage the outcomes of trained data models to explore trends and define insights in alignment with business and client needs.
• Contribute to the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of web-based applications, user interfaces, APIs, integrations, and custom software solutions that connect design, project, and operational data.
• Research opportunities and implement the integration of additional datasets such as geospatial data, proprietary data, and operational data.
• Research emerging technologies in the AEC space and make recommendations on build vs. buy strategies.
• Support R&D efforts for implementing data, ML and AI in the AEC practice.
• Participate in the convergence of multiple aspects of our overall digital strategy with data and insights generation in alignment with project, practice area, and regional goals.
• Educate staff to learn computational design software platforms.
• Document case studies to demonstrate the value of computational design in our practice.

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of AEC experience.
• Ability to work in a highly creative environment and collaborate on solutions to complex problems.
• Advanced knowledge or Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, and Grasshopper.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying custom applications, automation tools, APIs, integrations, or data-driven platforms using modern software development practices.
• Experience with machine learning, large language models (LLMs), generative AI technologies, model evaluation, and end-to-end AI/ML workflow development is a plus.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Power BI, including DAX and Power Query.
• Experience using Git and source control in a collaborative development environment.
• Experience with Azure, Microsoft Fabric, REST APIs, cloud services, and application deployment is a plus.
• Familiarity with modern front-end or back-end frameworks, responsive interface design, authentication, and secure application development is a plus.
• Ability to make clear, compelling visual presentations to present technical analyses to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in architectural practice with management experience in design and document production.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication and relationship management skills.
• Have strong abilities to connect new technology with the needs of architectural design.
• Must have architectural or interiors design practice experience.

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