Architectural Design Engineer (Founding Team)

Required Qualifications

• Trained Architect: You studied architecture and have 4+ years in practice. You can look at a floor plan and understand why a requirement exists, not just that it does.
• Code Literate: You have a working understanding of how building-code systems are structured: model codes (IBC/IRC), how local jurisdictions adopt and amend them, accessibility (ADA), zoning and life-safety logic, and how custom client standards layer on top. You don't need every clause memorized. You need to know how to read a code, find what governs, and reason about why.
• Knows the Process: You've lived the architectural workflow end-to-end: schematic design through CDs, the redline/QA-QC cycle, drawing sets and sheet conventions, RFIs and submittals, ASIs and addenda, consultant coordination, and the handoffs between architect, engineer, and contractor. You understand where errors creep in and what a reviewer is actually looking for.
• AI Native: You already live in AI tools. You reach for them by default, you have a feel for what models can and can't do, and you're energized by where the technology is heading.
• Builder Mindset: You can code. You can ship a feature, use git, and reason about agent logic. You cannot come in not knowing how to build. We'll level you up fast, but the foundation has to be there. You're naturally inclined to automate your own workflow.
• Owner: You take tasks independently and assign them when needed. You thrive without hand-holding in an early-stage environment.
• Practitioner-Communicator: You're part of the architecture community, speak the lingo, and engage credibly with firms from first call to deployed feature.