Architect, Deployment Engineering

About the role

The Deployment Engineering Team at Fluidstack is responsible for ensuring that the architectural designs for data centers are fully implemented and ready for operations. This includes verifying that all building envelopes, life-safety assemblies, and spatial layouts meet approved specifications, managing the regulatory approval process, and maintaining compliance with FM Global standards.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural conformance across active construction sites, verifying that building envelope, life-safety assemblies, and spatial layouts match approved specifications and closing deviations before they hit operations or permitting.
• Drive AHJ and permitting execution at each deployment site, including inspections, code interpretation questions, and certificate of occupancy sequencing, to keep permitting on schedule.
• Manage the architectural RFI and submittal process during active construction, coordinating with the engineer of record and contractors to resolve field conflicts without slowing the build.
• Maintain FM Global envelope and life-safety compliance through contractor-driven field conditions, tracking and closing open items before substantial completion.
• Own the architectural punch list at each site from substantial completion through final acceptance, and feed field observations back into prototype specifications and deployment standards.

Requirements

• You hold a bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related field.
• You have worked as an owner's representative or developer-side architect on data center or large-scale mission-critical construction, with on-site accountability through substantial completion and certificate of occupancy.
• You know IBC, IFC, occupancy classification, egress requirements, and fire-rated assembly construction well enough to resolve code interpretation issues with AHJs in the field.
• You have managed the RFI and submittal process on active construction sites, coordinating contractors, the engineer of record, and internal stakeholders under schedule pressure.
• You have maintained FM Global envelope and life-safety compliance through contractor-driven changes during active construction.
• You can travel extensively to deployment sites across multiple jurisdictions, 50 percent or more of the time.

Qualifications

• Bonus: Licensed Architect (RA).
• Familiarity with FM Global DS 1-28 and DS 1-29 roof and envelope standards.
• Proficiency in Procore, Bluebeam, or ACC for construction management and field documentation.
• Experience with modular or prefab construction programs and their deployment conformance challenges.

Skills

• Strong understanding of building codes and regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience with construction management software.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation range of $200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
• Offers equity in the form of stock options.
• Commitment to pay equity and transparency.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
• Committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace.

Pay

$200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Schedule

Flexible, with occasional travel required.