Architect, Data Center Design (EMEA)

Verda; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 103,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Lunch

Wellbeing

Equity

Job summary

Verda is seeking a Senior Architect to shape the building envelope and interior layout of its facilities. You will define security zoning, ensure building code compliance, and coordinate with engineering disciplines to integrate architecture with systems.

Based in Helsinki or across EMEA with travel as projects require, this full-time hybrid role balances function, compliance, and aesthetics for high-visibility sites.

Qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture.
• 7–10 years of experience in industrial or mission-critical facility design.
• Strong knowledge of building code and permitting.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design the building envelope and interior space planning.
• Define security zoning within the facility.
• Ensure building code compliance across markets.
• Coordinate architectural aesthetics for facilities with public visibility.
• Work with structural, electrical, and mechanical teams to integrate systems.

Skills

Architectural design

Building code compliance

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Security zoning

Education

Professional degree in Architecture

Job description

At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.

We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.

Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished.

Why Verda

• Cash and equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, and more).

• Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.

• 30+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.

• A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.

Practicalities

• Work mode: Hybrid, based in Helsinki or across EMEA, with travel to sites as projects require.

• Level: Senior.

• Employment type: Full time and permanent.

About the role

As Architect you shape the building itself. You will design the envelope and interior layout of our facilities, define security zoning, keep the design compliant with building code, and hold the architectural quality on sites that carry public visibility. You sit at the centre of the design team, translating engineering requirements into a coherent building.

Your responsibilities

• Design the building envelope and interior space planning and layout

• Define security zoning within the facility

• Ensure building code compliance across markets

• Coordinate architectural aesthetics for facilities with public visibility

• Work alongside structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering so the architecture and the systems fit together

Your key competencies

The ideal candidate is a qualified architect who has delivered industrial or mission-critical facilities and is comfortable balancing function, compliance, and appearance.

• Professional degree in Architecture

• 7 to 10 years of experience, industrial or mission-critical facility design preferred

• Strong command of building code and permitting

• Able to coordinate closely with engineering disciplines

Nice to have

• Data center or other large industrial facility experience

• Familiarity with building in the Nordics, including local legislation and authorities