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Architectural Systems Designer

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Feb 2026

💰 $140,000/yr($90,000/yr – $140,000/yr)

About the role

Help reinvent how housing gets designed, permitted, and built in America.

Cedar is building the operating system for urban housing delivery. We combine architectural expertise with software and automation to dramatically accelerate how projects move from land acquisition to approved designs and construction. The result: faster timelines, higher quality, lower risk, and more housing in the cities that need it most.

Our team blends architects, engineers, and product builders. We design real buildings — and we build the systems that make great architecture scalable.

The Role

As an Architectural Systems Designer, you’ll work at the intersection of architecture, automation, and real-world delivery. You’ll help design multi-family and urban housing projects while contributing to the tools, standards, and workflows that make our platform smarter with every project.

This is not a traditional production role. You’ll be helping build a system, not just a set of drawings.

You’ll collaborate closely with architects, software engineers, product leaders, and development partners.

This role reports to the Director of Design.

What You’ll Do

Develop and maintain Cedar's core system of standard building components, details, and design patterns we deploy across projects
Define clear documentation standards that support both project delivery and long-term institutional knowledge
Collaborate with project architects to identify opportunities to integrate our system into projects on an ongoing basis
Continuously integrate feedback from active projects and construction to improve the design system
Work with our engineering team to make architectural standards accessible within our technology platform
Research and evaluate new building products, systems, and methods for potential inclusion in Cedar's standards