Sr. Architect

About the role

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About the role

Prime Data Centers is a private developer, owner, and long-term operator of hyperscale and purpose-built data centers across top-tier U.S. and European markets. We build the infrastructure that powers AI, high-performance computing, and digital transformation for the world's leading hyperscalers and Neoclouds.

What you'll do

The Sr. Architect is a technical individual contributor within the Civil/Structural/Architectural (CSA) Engineering discipline in Design & Engineering (D&E) at Prime Data Centers. This role owns architectural scope across PDC's hyperscale and purpose-built data center projects — building shell, life safety, code compliance, and space planning — from concept through construction support, across multiple U.S. and European markets with different codes, jurisdictions, and AHJ requirements.

This is a hands-on technical role, not a people-management position. It exists because architectural decisions on hyperscale campuses — code compliance, life safety, jurisdictional entitlement — carry real schedule, permitting, and liability exposure in markets PDC hasn't built in before.

Technical Execution & Ownership

• Lead architectural design and review for building shell, life safety, and space planning across hyperscale and purpose-built projects
• Research and apply jurisdiction-specific code and entitlement requirements for new and existing markets, domestic and international
• Resolve technically ambiguous architectural problems: unusual AHJ requirements, life safety coordination with MEP/Fire Protection, space planning conflicts
• Balance speed, risk, cost, and quality in architectural decisions; flag when a design choice trades one for another

Standards & Technical Excellence

• Define, apply, and evolve PDC's architectural design standards and prototype layouts for repeatable campus deployment
• Identify opportunities for standardization and reuse across projects to reduce engineering effort and design cycle time
• Reduce technical debt and late-stage architectural surprises — code, permitting, life safety — through sound judgment early in design

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Design, Structural, Civil, MEP Engineering, Construction, and Operations on architectural coordination
• Support site selection and due diligence with zoning, entitlement, and code-risk assessment for candidate sites and markets
• Communicate code and design tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders — schedule, cost, and permitting risk, not just code citations
• Support third-party architectural consultant management: scoping, review, and quality control of deliverables

Qualifications

8+ years of architectural experience, including mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale technical facility design

Licensed Architect (RA) strongly preferred; NCARB certification a plus

• Strong knowledge of IBC, NFPA, ADA, and code compliance across multiple U.S. jurisdictions
• Experience with entitlement, permitting, and AHJ coordination in new markets
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; strong written and verbal communication skills
• Have deep architectural experience in data centers, industrial, mission-critical, or comparable large-scale technical facilities
• Are comfortable owning large, complex architectural scopes independently with minimal oversight
• Have navigated code compliance and entitlement across multiple U.S. jurisdictions (international experience a plus)
• Communicate technical and code tradeoffs clearly and pragmatically to non-architects
• Take pride in design that is buildable, permittable, and repeatable — not just aesthetically resolved

Benefits

• Competitive salary range and performance bonus program
• 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
• 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability

Paid Time Off + Sick time

• Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
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