Rayon’s mission

• Rayon is building the next generation of architectural design software. More collaborative, simpler, smarter and more beautiful. -
• The design of building and spaces has a huge impact on our lives.
• Climate change, affordable housing, sustainable urbanization, future of work : all of these challenges will require us to design a better and more efficient built environment.
• But, whereas architectural design is by essence a collaborative endeavor*, the tools currently used by architects and designers are not made for collaboration and sharing knowledge. They are complex, they are expensive and they are stuck in an era pre-internet with desktop computers as their paradigm. -
• We are building a browser based collaborative real time multiplayer editor in order to democratize architectural design and empower designers to create more efficient spaces and buildings**.

As Head of Engineering, you will :

• Work directly with the founders and contribute to all strategic decisions (product roadmap, business model, go to market, culture, etc.)
• Lead the engineering effort to develop and improve our highly performant real time web application with a custom rust/wasm engine
• Improve and scale Rayon back-end infrastructure along usage growth in order to ensure high availability, data security, low latency and a great developer experience
• be in charge of recruiting and managing the engineering team (~10 people by end of 2023)

What are we looking for?

• First and foremost a passion for creating tools for creator with the highest quality and performance
• The ability and the desire to continually learn new things and
• 8+ years experience in software engineering (direct experience in a real time multiplayer tool or in a design tool is a bonus)
• Expert knowledge in some of the following fields and general knowledge in most (rust, webassembly, webgl, postgresql, node.js, dotnet, kubernetes, aws, security, web browsers, typescript, react, graphql, computer graphics)
• A prior startup experience is recommended
• Interest or past experience with architectural or interior design projects is a bonus

Who are we?

• We are a small team of 10 people passionate about web technology, architecture and the built environment. First and foremost we love building amazing tools for creators.
• Rayon was co-founded in October 2021 by Bastien Dolla, an engineer (Polytechnique & Ponts et chaussées) with 15 years of experience in tech and real estate, and Stanislas Chaillou, an engineer and an architect (EPFL & Harvard) with a background in ML research applied to architecture. Both have published research papers on AI algorithms applied to architectural design (for example here, here and here) and have already been co-founder or early employees of previous high growth startups at the crossroads of tech and real estate (habx.com, spacemakerai.com).
• Rayon is backed by world class Investors (Seedcamp, 20VC, Foundamental, Kima) and amazing business Angels such as Ralph Gootee, co-founder of plangrid (acq. by Autodesk), Joe Thomas co-founder and CEO of Loom , Thibaud Elziere founder of eFounders, Nicolas Steegmann co-founder of Stupeflix, Riggs Kubiak founder of Honest buildings (acq. Procore), Jonathan Widawski founder & CEO of Maze.
• Rayon is currently in private Beta with industry leaders such as wojo, colonies and more. We plan to launch open access to the software in June 2022.
• Rayon is a french company based in Paris. We are open to remote positions in timezones close to the European Central Time.