Staff+ Software Engineer, Design Automation
Reframe Systems · Boston, MA
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Jul 12, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on designing and building a design automation pipeline that translates high-level architectural designs into fully detailed, manufacturing-ready outputs — essentially a compiler for modular buildings. The work involves defining clean abstractions over a complex domain, structuring pipeline stages and intermediate representations, and setting technical direction for the broader system. It suits an experienced engineer with a background in geometric engines, CAD toolchains, EDA, compilers, or similar technically deep domains.
Staff level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,600–8,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Staff Software Engineer' and the JD explicitly calls it 'a senior, hands-on technical leadership role' with cross-team technical direction — consistent with Staff-level scope, not merely Senior.
The primary language requirement is Go, Python, or C# — these are listed as interchangeable options under the Must Have section, so Go is captured as the primary with Python and C# as alternatives.
The 'depth in one or more domains' requirement (CAD/geometry engines, EDA, game/physics engines, compilers) is a hard gate in the Must Have section, but the specific domain is the candidate's choice. The individual domain tools (Open CASCADE, Onshape, EDA, compilers, etc.) are captured as preferred since no single one is required — only depth in at least one domain is required.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent experience' explicitly, so the degree requirement is set to None.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The caller has declared this fully remote; the company's physical microfactory is in Andover, MA but no metro is inferred per caller instruction.
Production applied AI work (tool-use orchestration, structured generation, eval harnesses) and FeatureScript/Onshape experience appear under 'Nice to Have' and are marked preferred accordingly.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud-native architecture, Electronic Design Automation.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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