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# Mechanical Design Integrations Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Foundation Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, 3d Models, Computer-Aided Design, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Autodesk Inventor, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), Cloud Engineering, Computer Programming, SolidWorks (CAD), Software Debugging, Github, Protocol Buffers, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Metadata, Software Tools, Computational Geometry, Next.js, Software Construction, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Spinnaker, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Siemens NX, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Spring Cloud, ReactJS, Backend, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Build Tools, Build Process, Creo, Restful APIs, Grpc, Data Pipelines, Engineering Base, Docker, Web Api
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f5048a7e029a51a6

## About the Role

* BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
 * 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend services and production software.
 * Strong Python engineering skills with experience writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
 * Experience developing software integrations using commercial CAD APIs, such as Siemens NX Open, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS API, Creo Toolkit, Autodesk Inventor API, or similar engineering platforms.
 * Experience building cloud-native applications, backend APIs, and data models (including Protobuf).
 * Experience working with 3D engineering data, CAD models, assemblies, and related engineering file formats.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, research, and product teams.
 * You've built software using at least one commercial CAD API:
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o Siemens NX Open
o CATIA
o SOLIDWORKS API
o Creo Toolkit
o Autodesk Inventor API, * Experience developing CAD automation tools, plugins or engineering software integrations.

 * Familiarity with computational geometry, CAD workflows, PLM systems, or engineering data pipelines.
 * Experience working with large-scale 3D models, assemblies or complex engineering datasets.
 * Strong programming experience in C++ alongside Python.
 * Experience designing and implementing gRPC-based APIs and distributed services.
 * Experience building and deploying applications using Docker and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
 * Experience implementing logging, monitoring, observability, and production debugging practices.
 * Experience partnering with mechanical engineers, researchers, or AI/ML teams to build engineering applications.
 * Passion for building software at the intersection of CAD, Mechanical Engineering, Backend Systems, and Engineering AI.

## Description

You'll help build systems that:
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 + Translate CAD models into machine-readable engineering data.
 + Connect Siemens NX, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS and other CAD platforms with cloud-native AI services.
 + Build scalable APIs that allow engineering applications to exchange geometry and metadata.
 + Develop Python services that automate complex engineering workflows.
 + Design backend systems that manage CAD assemblies, parts, configurations and engineering metadata.
 + Partner with researchers building next-generation Engineering AI., * Google Cloud
 * Python, TypeScript
 * Protobuf, gRPC
 * Next.JS, React.JS
 * GitHub Actions
 * Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker
 * PostgreSQL


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