diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderConfigPane.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderConfigPane.tsx
index 2e9f39cfec6..033bc021c76 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderConfigPane.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderConfigPane.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import { Flex, Text } from '@nvidia/foundations-react-core';
 import { ColumnConfigPanel } from '@studio/components/ColumnConfigPanel';
 import { ModelConfigPanel } from '@studio/components/ModelConfigPanel';
-import type { FC } from 'react';
+import { type FC, memo } from 'react';
 
 export interface BuilderConfigPaneProps {
   selectedColumnId: string | null;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface BuilderConfigPaneProps {
   onModelClose: () => void;
 }
 
-export const BuilderConfigPane: FC<BuilderConfigPaneProps> = ({
+export const BuilderConfigPane: FC<BuilderConfigPaneProps> = memo(function BuilderConfigPane({
   selectedColumnId,
   selectedModelId,
   workspace,
@@ -24,27 +24,29 @@ export const BuilderConfigPane: FC<BuilderConfigPaneProps> = ({
   onColumnClose,
   onModelRemove,
   onModelClose,
-}) => (
-  <div className="w-[240px] shrink-0 border-l border-base bg-surface-base">
-    {selectedColumnId ? (
-      <ColumnConfigPanel
-        columnId={selectedColumnId}
-        onRemove={onColumnRemove}
-        onClose={onColumnClose}
-      />
-    ) : selectedModelId ? (
-      <ModelConfigPanel
-        modelId={selectedModelId}
-        workspace={workspace}
-        onRemove={onModelRemove}
-        onClose={onModelClose}
-      />
-    ) : (
-      <Flex align="center" justify="center" className="h-full p-density-lg">
-        <Text kind="body/regular/sm" className="text-secondary text-center">
-          Select a column or model to configure it, or add one from the left.
-        </Text>
-      </Flex>
-    )}
-  </div>
-);
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="w-[240px] shrink-0 border-l border-base bg-surface-base">
+      {selectedColumnId ? (
+        <ColumnConfigPanel
+          columnId={selectedColumnId}
+          onRemove={onColumnRemove}
+          onClose={onColumnClose}
+        />
+      ) : selectedModelId ? (
+        <ModelConfigPanel
+          modelId={selectedModelId}
+          workspace={workspace}
+          onRemove={onModelRemove}
+          onClose={onModelClose}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <Flex align="center" justify="center" className="h-full p-density-lg">
+          <Text kind="body/regular/sm" className="text-secondary text-center">
+            Select a column or model to configure it, or add one from the left.
+          </Text>
+        </Flex>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderDetailsPanel.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderDetailsPanel.tsx
index 6b196e98275..c351478eaf3 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderDetailsPanel.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderDetailsPanel.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useStickToBottom } from '@nemo/common/src/hooks/useStickToBottom';
 import { Banner, Button, CodeSnippet, Flex, Stack } from '@nvidia/foundations-react-core';
 import { formatPreviewLogsForDisplay } from '@studio/components/NewDataDesignerJobForm/previewApi';
 import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react';
-import type { FC } from 'react';
+import { type FC, memo } from 'react';
 
 export interface BuilderDetailsPanelProps {
   validationErrors: string[];
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ export interface BuilderDetailsPanelProps {
   isOpen: boolean;
   onToggle: () => void;
 }
-export const BuilderDetailsPanel: FC<BuilderDetailsPanelProps> = ({
+export const BuilderDetailsPanel: FC<BuilderDetailsPanelProps> = memo(function BuilderDetailsPanel({
   validationErrors,
   submitError,
   previewLogs,
   isOpen,
   onToggle,
-}) => {
+}) {
   const { ref: logsScrollRef } = useStickToBottom<HTMLDivElement>({
     enabled: isOpen && !!previewLogs,
   });
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ export const BuilderDetailsPanel: FC<BuilderDetailsPanelProps> = ({
       )}
     </div>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderPalette.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderPalette.tsx
index f6b2ecda494..4925b8f56d9 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderPalette.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderPalette.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {
   JobBuilderFormValues,
   PaletteTab,
 } from '@studio/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/useJobBuilder';
-import type { FC } from 'react';
+import { type FC, memo } from 'react';
 import { useFormContext, useWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 export interface BuilderPaletteProps {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface BuilderPaletteProps {
 }
 
 // Tabs only swap what you're adding — column and model configs both open in the right pane.
-export const BuilderPalette: FC<BuilderPaletteProps> = ({
+export const BuilderPalette: FC<BuilderPaletteProps> = memo(function BuilderPalette({
   tab,
   onTabChange,
   selectedModelId,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const BuilderPalette: FC<BuilderPaletteProps> = ({
   onAddColumn,
   onAddModel,
   onSelectModel,
-}) => {
+}) {
   const { control, getValues } = useFormContext<JobBuilderFormValues>();
   const models = useWatch({ control, name: 'models' });
   const hasSeedColumn = getValues('columns').some(
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ export const BuilderPalette: FC<BuilderPaletteProps> = ({
       </div>
     </aside>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderToolbar.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderToolbar.tsx
index 0e49fcd9d26..9da454a99f7 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderToolbar.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/BuilderToolbar.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Button, Flex, SegmentedControl, Tag, Text } from '@nvidia/foundations-r
 import type { StartOptionTag } from '@studio/components/CreateFilesetStart/types';
 import type { JobBuilderFormValues } from '@studio/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/useJobBuilder';
 import { FileJson, ListTree, Pencil, SplinePointer } from 'lucide-react';
-import { type FC, useState } from 'react';
+import { type FC, memo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFormContext, useWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 /** Which renderer the center pane shows: the flat schema list or the DAG canvas. */
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface BuilderToolbarProps {
   isSubmitting: boolean;
 }
 
-export const BuilderToolbar: FC<BuilderToolbarProps> = ({
+export const BuilderToolbar: FC<BuilderToolbarProps> = memo(function BuilderToolbar({
   templateTag,
   columnCount,
   viewMode,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const BuilderToolbar: FC<BuilderToolbarProps> = ({
   isPreviewing,
   onSubmit,
   isSubmitting,
-}) => {
+}) {
   const [isEditingName, setIsEditingName] = useState(false);
   const { control } = useFormContext<JobBuilderFormValues>();
   const name = useWatch({ control, name: 'name' }) ?? '';
@@ -126,4 +126,4 @@ export const BuilderToolbar: FC<BuilderToolbarProps> = ({
       </Flex>
     </Flex>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaList.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaList.tsx
index 36e1fa398d8..39ac9661b50 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaList.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaList.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { useFormContext, useWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 export interface SchemaListProps {
   selectedId: string | null;
-  onSelect: (id: string | null) => void;
+  onSelect: (id: string) => void;
   onDelete: (id: string) => void;
 }
 
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ export const SchemaList: FC<SchemaListProps> = ({ selectedId, onSelect, onDelete
               column={column}
               references={referencesById.get(column.id) ?? []}
               selected={column.id === selectedId}
-              onSelect={() => onSelect(column.id)}
-              onDelete={() => onDelete(column.id)}
+              onSelect={onSelect}
+              onDelete={onDelete}
             />
           ))}
         </Stack>
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaRow.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaRow.tsx
index 91b9ba32b64..5337bf89450 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaRow.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/SchemaRow.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { CardIconBadge } from '@studio/components/common/SelectableCard';
 import type { BuilderColumn } from '@studio/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/columns';
 import { describeColumn } from '@studio/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/describeColumn';
 import { Box, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
-import type { FC } from 'react';
+import { type FC, memo } from 'react';
 
 /** Accent color → NVIDIA Foundations text token, matching the DAG node icon styling. */
 const ACCENT_ICON_CLASS: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ export interface SchemaRowProps {
   /** Names of columns this one references, shown inline as `{{ name }}` relationship tags. */
   references: string[];
   selected: boolean;
-  onSelect: () => void;
-  onDelete: () => void;
+  onSelect: (id: string) => void;
+  onDelete: (id: string) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ export interface SchemaRowProps {
  * the column name, a type badge, a one-line summary, and its relationship tags. Selecting the
  * row opens the same config pane the DAG canvas uses; the trailing button deletes the column.
  */
-export const SchemaRow: FC<SchemaRowProps> = ({
+export const SchemaRow: FC<SchemaRowProps> = memo(function SchemaRow({
   column,
   references,
   selected,
   onSelect,
   onDelete,
-}) => {
+}) {
   const { option } = column;
   const { typeLabel, detail } = describeColumn(column);
   const Icon = option.icon ?? Box;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const SchemaRow: FC<SchemaRowProps> = ({
       <button
         type="button"
         data-select=""
-        onClick={onSelect}
+        onClick={() => onSelect(column.id)}
         aria-pressed={selected}
         className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-density-md px-density-lg py-density-md text-left focus-visible:outline-none cursor-pointer"
       >
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const SchemaRow: FC<SchemaRowProps> = ({
           kind="tertiary"
           color="danger"
           size="tiny"
-          onClick={onDelete}
+          onClick={() => onDelete(column.id)}
           aria-label={`Delete ${column.name || option.label}`}
           className="h-full rounded-none opacity-0 transition-opacity focus-visible:opacity-100 group-hover:opacity-100"
         >
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ export const SchemaRow: FC<SchemaRowProps> = ({
       </Flex>
     </Flex>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/index.tsx b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/index.tsx
index b075fc0a595..b38ee20330f 100644
--- a/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/index.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/studio/src/routes/DataDesignerJobBuildRoute/index.tsx
@@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ export const DataDesignerJobBuildRoute: FC = () => {
     getCurrentConfig,
   });
 
-  const handlePreview = () => {
+  const handlePreview = useCallback(() => {
     if (validateAndCollectErrors().length > 0) return;
     setIsDetailsOpen(true);
     void runPreview();
-  };
+  }, [validateAndCollectErrors, runPreview]);
 
   const createJob = useDataDesignerCreateJob();
   const submitError = createJob.error ? getErrorMessage(createJob.error) : null;
 
-  const handleSubmit = async () => {
+  const handleSubmit = useCallback(async () => {
     if (validateAndCollectErrors().length > 0) return;
     const { columns, models, name, rows } = builder.getBuilderValues();
 
@@ -173,7 +173,17 @@ export const DataDesignerJobBuildRoute: FC = () => {
       setIsDetailsOpen(true);
       // Error surfaced via createJob.error / submitError below.
     }
-  };
+  }, [validateAndCollectErrors, builder, createJob, workspace, servedModelNames, navigate]);
+
+  const toggleDetails = useCallback(() => setIsDetailsOpen((open) => !open), []);
+  const onColumnRemove = useCallback(() => {
+    if (builder.selectedColumnId) builder.removeColumn(builder.selectedColumnId);
+  }, [builder]);
+  const onColumnClose = useCallback(() => builder.selectColumn(null), [builder]);
+  const onModelRemove = useCallback(() => {
+    if (builder.selectedModelId) builder.removeModel(builder.selectedModelId);
+  }, [builder]);
+  const onModelClose = useCallback(() => builder.selectModel(null), [builder]);
 
   return (
     <AccessibleTitle title={heading}>
@@ -195,7 +205,7 @@ export const DataDesignerJobBuildRoute: FC = () => {
             submitError={submitError}
             previewLogs={previewLogs}
             isOpen={isDetailsOpen}
-            onToggle={() => setIsDetailsOpen((open) => !open)}
+            onToggle={toggleDetails}
           />
 
           <Flex className="min-h-0 border-t border-base h-full">
@@ -229,14 +239,10 @@ export const DataDesignerJobBuildRoute: FC = () => {
               selectedColumnId={builder.selectedColumnId}
               selectedModelId={builder.selectedModelId}
               workspace={workspace}
-              onColumnRemove={() =>
-                builder.selectedColumnId && builder.removeColumn(builder.selectedColumnId)
-              }
-              onColumnClose={() => builder.selectColumn(null)}
-              onModelRemove={() =>
-                builder.selectedModelId && builder.removeModel(builder.selectedModelId)
-              }
-              onModelClose={() => builder.selectModel(null)}
+              onColumnRemove={onColumnRemove}
+              onColumnClose={onColumnClose}
+              onModelRemove={onModelRemove}
+              onModelClose={onModelClose}
             />
           </Flex>
         </Stack>