Senior Design Architect
Your tasks
- Lead architectural concept development and design development for residential buildings and community spaces, including massing, floor plans, elevations, and material palettes.
- Translate wellness-focused, nature-led design principles into practical architectural solutions that balance aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and buildability.
- Develop and refine design concepts through sketches, drawings, renderings, and presentations, clearly communicating the design vision and rationale.
- Respond thoughtfully to site characteristics, landscape, natural light, climate, and environmental considerations when developing residential designs and contributing to master planning.
- Contribute to the planning and design of a large residential community in the Texas Hill Country, as well as future projects and potential development sites.
- Establish and maintain design guidelines, material libraries, reference standards, and architectural quality benchmarks to ensure consistency across projects.
- Review design work produced by other team members and provide clear, constructive feedback that strengthens design quality and alignment with the overall vision.
- Present and defend architectural decisions to leadership, architects, consultants, partners, and other stakeholders, adapting communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate closely with architecture leads, BIM specialists, and U.S.-based consultants to carry design intent through development and toward construction.
- Evaluate design alternatives efficiently, make well-reasoned recommendations, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining architectural quality.
- Work independently in a remote, cross-cultural team, taking ownership of project deliverables, timelines, and design outcomes.
Requirements
- Six to ten years of professional architectural design experience, with a strong focus on residential or hospitality projects.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating architectural design ability, creative judgment, and built or well-developed residential or hospitality projects. A portfolio is required to apply.
- Proven ability to independently lead projects from initial concept through design development, including the production and refinement of plans, elevations, massing studies, and material selections.
- Strong proficiency in Revit, which is a required tool for this role.
- Demonstrated confidence in presenting, explaining, and defending design decisions to architects, consultants, leadership, and other stakeholders.
- A strong understanding of how site context, landscape, light, climate, materials, and spatial planning influence the quality and experience of a home.
- Ability to translate creative concepts into practical, coordinated design solutions that can progress toward implementation and construction.
- High levels of autonomy, accountability, and initiative, with the ability to manage priorities and deliver quality work in a remote environment.
- Excellent visual communication, presentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Comfort working with international teams and coordinating with U.S.-based stakeholders across different time zones, including daily overlap with U.S. working hours.
- Preferred: Experience in sustainable, biophilic, environmentally conscious, or wellness-oriented architectural design.
- Preferred: Experience working on U.S. real estate projects or within an international architecture or design firm.
What we offer
- Competitive compensation: Monthly CTC ranging from ₹1,90,600 to ₹3,81,200, depending on experience.
- Remote work: Work from India on residential and community design projects in the United States.
- Flexible working arrangements: Flexibility in working hours, with daily overlap required with U.S. time zones.
- Creative ownership: Direct responsibility for shaping architectural concepts and establishing design direction across projects.
- Direct leadership access: Opportunities to present ideas, influence decisions, and work closely with leadership without multiple management layers.
- Meaningful design mission: Contribute to residential environments that emphasize healthier living, nature, thoughtful material choices, and well-being.
- International collaboration: Work alongside a distributed team of designers, architects, engineers, BIM specialists, and consultants.
- Professional growth: Expand your experience in residential architecture, wellness-oriented design, and international project delivery.
- Full-time opportunity: Senior individual contributor position with an anticipated immediate or within-30-days start, subject to the hiring process.
- Healthcare, paid leave, and other benefits: Specific details were not provided in the source job description and should be confirmed during recruitment.
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