Design Technology - Computation Lead

Your Role

Placed at the heart of Gensler’s People + Process + Technology, the New York Design Technology Studio drives digital transformation of our creative and project delivery practices throughout the Northeast region. Our ultimate outcome is to co-create a design technology ecosystem that enables our practitioners to leverage the most advanced methodologies and technological solutions by reaching a new level of creativity and delivering the most impactful designs to our clients. If you are a disruptive technologist that’s ready to change the world with big and impactful ideas, we want you to join our growing and innovative award-winning team!

What You Will Do

• Consult teams on design and delivery workflows utilizing multiple digital design technology 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
• 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 business goals
• Educate staff to learn computational design software platforms, design process and design management focused energy, thermal and daylighting simulation
• Document case studies to demonstrate the value of computational approach to high performance buildings

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture with proven equivalent professional experience in Applied Data, Data Engineering, or Data Analysis.
• 5+ years of experience in a design or construction environment
• Ability to work in a highly creative environment and collaborate on solutions to complex problems
• Proficiency with Revit API, and at least one of Python, C#, or JavaScript
• Proficiency with Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, Grasshopper with a focus on analysis workflows
• Experience with various machine learning, LLMs & generative AI technologies, performance evaluation and creating end-to-end ML pipelines
• Proficiency with Data Visualization Tools like PowerBI (DAX, Power Query, etc.) as well as tools for visualizing ML and GenAI
• Experience with using Git + source control in a team environment
• Experience with Azure, Microsoft Fabric and REST API are 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 practice experience. Licensed architect preferred

*This position is a full time role in our NYC office.

**The base salary will be estimated between 85K-115k plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions and hackathons, to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our teams’ diverse interests.

We encourage our employees to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership and twice annual bonus opportunities.  Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes.   We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.