Senior Developer, Data Center Infrastructure & Development

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and originate strategic development opportunities for Infinium Edge™ infrastructure and data center-related projects.
• Lead site selection efforts, including landowner outreach, land acquisition strategy, lease negotiations, and property diligence activities.
• Evaluate infrastructure feasibility, including utility availability, transmission access, water resources, thermal integration opportunities, and permitting considerations.
• Manage all phases of project development, including entitlement, zoning, environmental diligence, permitting, interconnection coordination, and infrastructure planning.
• Build and maintain relationships with landowners, utilities, municipalities, economic development organizations, and other external stakeholders.
• Cook up with internal engineering, commercial, finance, operations, and legal teams to progress projects through development milestones.
• Support commercial structuring activities, including infrastructure agreements, easements, utility coordination agreements, and related development contracts.
• Oversee third-party consultants including environmental, engineering, surveying, permitting, and legal firms.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, risk assessments, and executive reporting materials.
• Prepare investment committee presentations, development updates, permitting filings, and stakeholder presentations.
• Track market trends, emerging data center development opportunities, and competitive infrastructure activity.
• Serve as the primary development lead for assigned projects through execution readiness.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, real estate development, business, environmental science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure development, data center development, energy project development, industrial real estate, or related sectors.
• Direct experience with land acquisition, site origination, and negotiating land purchase agreements or long-term leases.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure project development processes, including permitting, zoning, environmental diligence, and utility coordination.
• Experience working with utilities, municipalities, economic development agencies, and regulatory bodies.
• Familiarity with data center infrastructure requirements, energy infrastructure, thermal systems, or industrial development projects is highly preferred.
• Strong commercial negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple complex projects in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support development activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting hyperscale, AI compute, or high-performance computing infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with power markets, transmission infrastructure, or utility interconnection processes.
• Experience in renewable energy, energy infrastructure, or large-scale industrial project development environments.
• Existing relationships within data center, utility, or infrastructure development ecosystems.