Lead Frontend Engineer

Job description

Gendo Canvas is a browser-based AI rendering platform for architects and designers that went live earlier this year after previous product iterations were tested across firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, and David Chipperfield Architects. Today, over 100,000 designers use it to generate more than a million images every month . We're looking for a Lead/Principle Frontend Engineer to take ownership of Gendo Canvas's frontend: a real-time, collaborative canvas application that's closer in spirit to Figma or Miro than a typical SaaS app. It's React (Next.js), with a WebGL canvas at the centre, multiplayer state powered by WebSockets and yjs, and a steady drumbeat of new 2D and 3D features shipping regularly. About Gendo: We're a lean, design-led team building what we believe is the most exciting frontend product in architecture today: AI rendering that turns any starting point (a sketch, CAD model, collage, or photo) into a high-quality visual in seconds, inside a collaborative canvas that designers can share with their colleagues and stakeholders. We've raised substantial pre-seed and seed funding from leading investors in the space, and work in close partnership with some of...