Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing), Civil Engineering, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Lake, Data Mapping, Data Modeling, Employee Retention, Establish Priorities, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geometry, Internet Application, JavaScript, Machine Learning, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Windows Azure, Netscape IFC (Internet Foundation Classes), NoSQL, Problem Solving Skills, Prototyping, Quality Management, SQL (Structured Query Language), Software Development, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), Spatial Data, Structured Data, Student Financial Services, Student Loans, System Integration (SI), Testing, Unstructured Data, Web Browsers
Kimley-Horn is looking for a Software Developer - 3D Visualization in our Jacksonville, Florida (FL) office! The position could also be located in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, or Orlando. This is an office-based opportunity.
Responsibilities:
Kimley-Horn’s Technology and Innovation team builds internal software that helps civil engineers deliver projects faster, more consistently, and with higher quality. Our work spans full-stack web applications, system integrations, AI-powered features, and interactive visualizations, ranging from focused utilities that streamline daily workflows to platforms that render CAD models, engineering data, and geospatial scenes in the browser.
In this role, you will build full-stack applications with a strong emphasis on interactive 3D and visualization. Some are conventional web applications with discrete geometric or mapping features; others are visualization-forward platforms with WebGL pipelines, CAD model viewers, or 3D geospatial scenes at their core. You will work directly with practicing engineers to understand real problems, ship solutions end-to-end, and refine them based on adoption. Additionally you will:
- Build full-stack web applications that solve real workflow problems for civil engineers, ranging from focused utilities to firm-wide platforms.
- Develop interactive visualizations that render CAD geometry, BIM models, geospatial scenes, and engineering data in the browser for review, analysis, and decision-making.
- Develop reliable backend services and modern, responsive front ends, integrating with CAD, engineering platforms, document stores, and structured and unstructured data.
- Partner with engineers and domain experts to identify high-impact opportunities, prototype solutions, refine with feedback, and productionize for firm-wide adoption.
- Maintain engineering-grade quality through testing, version control, CI/CD, and supportable releases as platforms and underlying tools evolve.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of professional post-grad software development experience building applications used by others.
- Full-stack development experience with strong C#/.NET/TypeScript on the backend and a modern front-end framework (React, Blazor, Angular, or equivalent).
- Strong SQL and/or NoSQL skills with sound data modeling instincts.
- Experience with Azure Cosmos DB, including data modeling and querying for application backends.
- Hands-on experience building interactive 3D or visualization-heavy applications using Three.js, Babylon.js, WebGL, or equivalent web rendering technologies.
- Experience working with spatial, geometric, or geospatial data such as CAD geometry, BIM models, point clouds, or GIS/mapping data.
- Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or equivalent) to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to partner directly with practicing engineers, translating ambiguous needs into shipped software.
Preferred
- Experience with AEC platform SDKs such as Autodesk Platform Services (Forge), Bentley iModel.js, or IFC.js.
- Experience with applied AI development, including multi-agent workflows, RAG systems, or platforms like Azure AI Foundry and Azure AI Search.
- Python proficiency, particularly for ML, data, or AI workflows.
- Machine learning background, including model evaluation, fine-tuning, or applied ML beyond prompt-based systems.
- Experience with data lakes, lakehouses, or modern data platforms (Azure Data Lake, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or similar).
- Background in civil engineering or familiarity with AEC workflows (CAD/BIM, GIS, plan production, site/roadway/drainage design).
Why This Role
- Enterprise impact: Your software will be used daily by engineers delivering real infrastructure projects across the country.
- Range of work: Your day-to-day moves between standard full-stack development, system integration, and interactive visualization, building both the everyday tools engineers rely on and the more ambitious platforms that render CAD, BIM, and geospatial data in the browser.
- Strategic transformation opportunity: You will help define how a 10,000-person engineering firm builds, adopts, and scales internal software, including how interactive visualization gets woven into engineering practice.
- High ownership: You will shape architecture, influence priorities, and see your work in active use end-to-end.
Why Kimley-Horn?:
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 19 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn
- Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
- Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
- Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.
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Kimley-Horn
Kimley-Horn keeps two groups of people at the center of its business: its clients and its staff. Past president Ed Vick said, "We have no reason to exist except to serve our clients." That intense focus on providing quality to the people we serve has made Kimley-Horn one of the nation's top consulting firms in every discipline we practice.
But the firm's core purpose, articulated by its leadership and lived out daily, is "to provide an environment for our people to flourish." We know that people are fulfilled, motivated, and challenged in different ways. In order to foster our individual aspirations, we support our people as they grow into roles and take on responsibilities that are important to them. Growing professionally, having fun with our colleagues, and finding satisfaction in our work are central to our way of life.
To that purpose we add core values: "honesty, integrity, and ethics; exceptional client service; high expectations; sharing and caring; sustained profitability." Our core values and core purpose provide a foundation for the way we approach our business. Our vision is long-term and our expectation is always to perform with quality, for the sake of both groups at the center of our firm.
Through their work, our people discover untapped talents and interests. At Kimley-Horn we work hard to allow that to happen. We have college students who started as traffic engineers now working on ITS projects. We have former administrative assistants who are now human resources professionals and former marketing coordinators who are now transportation planners.
We provide the environment. We want you to take advantage of it and flourish!