Description
Join Us in Revolutionizing the Construction Industry
Parspec is transforming how $5 trillion in building construction products are sold annually around the world by digitizing and organizing the industry’s product data. By making this data more accessible and useful, our digital platform enables designers and builders to quickly identify the right products for their projects and helps the supply chain to generate new leads and close deals faster. These benefits are enabled by proprietary AI and workflow automation technology.
Founded in 2021, Parspec has raised over $11M in seed financing from leading deep tech and construction industry investors to achieve its ambitious mission, including Innovation Endeavors (founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt). We invite you to be at the forefront of innovation for one of the oldest and largest industries in the world!
LEADERSHIP
Parspec is helmed by technologists and construction supply chain veterans with a common passion to digitally transform our industry:
Forest Flager (Co-Founder & CEO) - Former Director of Software at Katerra and Stanford University faculty member; Stanford BS, PhD. MIT MEng. Harvard MDes.
Pratyush Havelia (Co-Founder & CTO) - Construction-tech engineering leader for 8+ years; Stanford MS & MEng, IIT-R B.Tech.
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
Abhijit Mitra (Lead Frontend Engineer) - Spent 8+ years building highly scalable web applications, monorepo, micro-frontend architecture; ex-Tekion; Gauhati University B.Tech.
Saurabh Khemka (AI Lead) - 8+ years of industrial experience in large scale model building and deployment, PhD in Neuroscience - Switzerland, IIT-R B. Tech.
Sharique Arshi (Lead Software Architect) - 10+ years of experience in the software engineering industry while wearing different hats; IIT-G B.Tech.
ROLE SUMMARY
As an engineer you will be getting an opportunity to develop the frontend of an intelligent construction technology platform.
You will:
- Participate in building the scalable web-application that is on par with the best tech products available in the market today
- Design and develop end to end features
- Develop high quality software across all applications of the product
This is an exceptional opportunity to bring an entire industry to the forefront of the digital age, and we are excited to work together with like-minded and ambitious engineers like you to realize this potential.
WHO YOU ARE
- You have already worked as frontend engineer in developing early stage projects, and are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to build a top-tier product. You agree with the following:
- You are passionate about making an impact in your field of interest
- You are detail-oriented and meticulous, but also understand the importance of rapid iteration in an agile development environment
- You are knowledgeable about how digitization & automation has impacted other industries and are excited to find new applications for technology in construction
- You are not afraid to get your hands dirty and believe that no task is beneath you when it comes to delivering a world-class product
- You love to learn and are especially good at picking up new concepts quickly
- You are self-driven and take pride in your work
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Build features that make companies feel super-powered
- Create, collaborate, and iterate on shipping high-quality products
- Own and develop product features from concept to implementation
- Work closely with the backend team, product managers, UX designers and end-users for integrating software components into a fully functional system
- Constant technological monitoring in line with the latest tech innovations to ensure the compatibility of available products, and improving the user experience
WHAT DOES YOUR ARSENAL LOOK LIKE
Required
- 3+ years of experience as a frontend developer building large scale web applications
- Should be good at Typescript, Javascript, React JS
- Should have knowledge of UI libraries like Material UI, Ant Design
- Should have understanding of Styled Components or Emotion JS
- Deep understanding of React Query
- Understanding of Jest test framework
- Should be good at writing unit tests
- Should have knowledge of building component libraries
- Should have knowledge of Storybook
- Deep understanding of HTML5, CSS3 (SAAS, LESS) in a responsive design framework
- Experience in integrating with RESTful APIs keeping performance and security in mind
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills as well as a demonstrated passion for technology
- Experience with rapid scaling of early-stage products
Preferred but Optional
- Experience with setting up pre commit checks
- Experience with monorepo or micro-frontend architectures
- Experience with Django based web-apps
- Experience with python scripting for backend
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams across multiple time-zones
- Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
As an integral part of building Parspec from the ground up, you will share in our success. We offer:
- Highly competitive salary and benefits
- Company equity
- Flexible hours
- Hybrid work setup
- Unlimited PTO
- Health insurance for family and dependents (parents, spouse and children)
- Unlimited tele-health doctor consultations for you and your family
- Opportunity to grow with a rapidly scaling company addressing a large market ripe for digital transformation
THE PARSPEC ETHOS
At Parspec, we lead from every seat. Our team members are self-starters that embrace ambiguity, think big, and bring their own uncompromising standards of excellence. We embrace diversity with a belief that different backgrounds, ideas, and skillsets result in better outcomes. Parspec does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Parspec encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, veterans and those with diverse life experiences.
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