Hire Architectural Designer

When you Hire Architectural Designer talent via smartbrain.io you pay a single transparent hourly or monthly rate that already includes recruiter fees, payroll taxes, hardware, benefits, and our platform support. There are no placement commissions, retainer invoices, or hidden mark-ups that traditionally inflate the cost to hire Architectural Design engineers in-house. Because our global pool works remotely, you avoid relocation and on-site overhead as well. Most clients report total savings of 30–60 percent versus direct employment, while still accessing senior-level expertise. Rates vary by experience level and contract length, but every engagement starts with a detailed cost breakdown so you can benchmark against internal budgets before approving a candidate.

All engineers sign strict NDAs and invention-rights agreements that assign every drawing, BIM file, and deliverable directly to your company. Our legal team operates under U.S. jurisdiction, and we can mirror your in-house IP policy or provide our standard clauses. secure VPN access, SSO controls, and ISO-27001 audited infrastructure ensure data in transit and at rest stays encrypted. Because the talent remains on our payroll, any breach triggers immediate contractual remedies, but in six years we have recorded a 0 % incident rate for Architectural Design projects.

Yes. We maintain talent hubs in North America, Latin America, and EMEA, allowing a minimum 4-hour overlap with any U.S. or EU time zone. If you need full-day coverage, we can blend multiple engineers to create a follow-the-sun model so drawings are updated overnight and reviewed each morning.

Engagements start at one month and can scale to multi-year frameworks. You can increase or decrease hours with 10-day notice, and there are no penalties for ending a contract after the first committed period. Billing is bi-weekly with net-15 terms to keep cash flow predictable.

Every applicant passes a five-stage funnel: resume screen, portfolio review, timed CAD/Revit challenge, live technical interview with a senior architect, and final culture fit call. Only 3 % receive an offer, ensuring you interview architects who can contribute on day one.

We provide a replacement guarantee. Notify us within the first two weeks and we will swap the engineer at no cost, usually within 48 hours. You only pay for hours you approve, keeping project risk near zero.

After the Master Service Agreement is executed, our average time to first interview is less than two days. Many clients have a vetted Architectural Design engineer onboarded and producing deliverables in under one week, far faster than any in-house recruiting cycle.