Head of Architecture and Design

ABOUT HUT 8 Imagine the ultimate destination for those who want to work at the cutting edge of technology, energy, and infrastructure. Hut 8 is on a mission to build and operate some of the world’s largest data centers for next-generation computing workloads, including AI, Colocation, Cloud, and Bitcoin Mining. We are proud to offer interesting and challenging opportunities for individuals who want to build teams, solve problems, and make an impact from day one. If you’re an ambitious individual looking for a career that is as rewarding as it is challenging, you’ve come to the right place.ABOUT THE ROLE Hut 8 develops and operates the infrastructure that powers next-generation technologies. Today, we are focused on developing data centers for AI. Across the industry, this infrastructure is built as undifferentiated, utilitarian buildings. We are creating a senior design role to redefine the form, function, and civic role of these facilities. The opportunity is to define the architecture of a new typology and the civic campus around it.The role owns the architecture and design of everything we build: data centers, offices and workplaces, and the asset types to come. The first expression is the data center: a coherent architectural language that makes our infrastructure read as civic architecture rather than industrial backdrop on a campus that serves the public realm.The role carries real authority and works within real constraints, directing leading architecture and design firms, engaging at the earliest stage of each project, and working alongside engineering and development as a peer. The mandate is to produce lasting architecture and genuinely civic sites within those constraints. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Define the architectural language of our infrastructure, a coherent identity spanning building form, exterior expression, and interior environments. Define our campus model, including the public, landscape, and amenity program of each site. Direct top third-party architecture and design firms to develop and realize that vision, holding them to the standard you set. Lead internal and external project teams to deliver large-format projects on schedule and on budget. ABOUT YOU You are a registered architect operating at the level of Design Director, Design Principal, or senior design lead on flagship projects at a top practice. The role requires the ability to establish a distinct architectural identity and the discipline to design within rigid, mission-critical constraints. KEY REQUIREMENTS Vision-setting: A proven track record of creating and defending distinct architectural identities, rather than project execution alone. Range across architecture, interiors, and site: Command of building form, refined interior environments, and the masterplanning of campuses and landscape. Client-side leadership: The ability to direct, evaluate, and challenge elite firms as a peer. Constraint fluency: Te ability t...