Founding Designer (Code-First / 100% Remote)

<p><strong>neoBIM</strong> is a cutting‑edge startup transforming the construction industry with AI‑powered Building Information Modeling (BIM). Co‑founded by industry pioneers, the company is on a mission to make BIM smarter, faster and more collaborative. With a growing team, neoBIM offers an innovative work environment, a flexible culture and the chance to work on impactful global projects.</p> <p>We're hiring our <strong>founding designer</strong> to own the look, feel, and design system of the product from day one — and to do it in a way that's collapsing the old design-to-handoff pipeline.</p> <p><strong>How we think about design here</strong></p> <p>The traditional loop is: design in Figma → hand off → engineers translate to code → drift sets in → repeat. We don't want that. Tools like Claude now let designers express intent directly in code, working in the real design system instead of a mirror of it. So the only translation step left is designer-code → production-code — far closer, far less lossy.</p> <p>We're not dogmatic about <em>never</em> opening a canvas to think. But the designer we want is someone who reaches for code as their primary medium and treats the running product as the source of truth.</p> <h2>Tasks</h2> <ul> <li>Define and build our design system in code, using shadcn/ui as the foundation — tokens, variants, modes, responsive behaviour, accessibility</li> <li>Prototype directly in code with AI assistance (Claude), so what you "design" is already buildable and lives in the codebase</li> <li>Design the entire product surface — from the 3D canvas and viewport controls to property panels, dashboards, and onboarding flows</li> <li>Own iconography and illustration: either craft our icon set and product illustrations yourself, or art-direct freelancers to deliver a consistent, high-quality visual language</li> <li>Work in a tight loop with engineers, where "handoff" mostly means a code review, not a translation</li> <li>Shape the brand and marketing surface as the company grows</li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <p>This role is for a designer who thinks in systems, understands software constraints, and can reason about 3D interaction — so what you ship is buildable, native to the medium, and not just pretty in a mockup. Specifically:</p> <ul> <li>You work in code (HTML/CSS/React) and are comfortable using tools like Claude or similar tools to turn ideas into a working UI. You don't need to be an engineer, but the terminal and a component file don't scare you</li> <li>You have experience designing for 3D, spatial, or canvas-based software — a tool you've shipped, a serious side project, or deep experience using Blender, Rhino, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, Spline, or a game engine. You understand viewport controls, gizmos, camera behaviour, and the seam between 2D UI and a live 3D scene</li> <li>You've designed with shadcn/ui and understand how its tokens, variants, and primitives compose</li> <li>You have a strong icon and illustration eye — you can either produce this work or direct freelancers to a consistent result, and you know what good looks like</li> <li>You design with light/dark mode and responsiveness from the start, not as an afterthought</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits</h2> <ul> <li>Founding-level ownership of design at a well-backed startup with a credible founding team in the AEC/3D space</li> <li>Competitive salary</li> <li>Direct access to the founders, no design-by-committee, no layers between you and the work</li> <li>The chance to define how a category of professional 3D tooling looks and feels for the next decade</li> <li>Access to World-Class Infrastructure</li> <li>A Culture of Deep Tech and Real-World Application</li> <li>Flexibility with remote first work enviroment and a great team that shapes the future</li> </ul> <p><strong>Send us your portfolio and CV</strong></p> <p>For any questions regarding this position, feel free to contact Felix directly via phone or messenger at +49 176 95422094.</p> <p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>