Join Our Team

We are looking to grow our team in the Seattle or Bellingham offices! See below for the open positions.

Senior Project Manager / Architect

Qualifications

  • Design and detail-oriented generalist with extensive experience on custom single-family residential projects

  • 10-20 years experience in Architecture, working in teams and leading/managing projects

  • Excellent written and graphic communications skills

  • Ability to lead complex projects through all phases of a project, inception to completion, either independently or with a team

  • Demonstrated love for/experience in collaborating with team members and coordination of work with engineers and other consultants

  • Familiarity with Land Use and Building Code research and providing code summary analyses

  • Experience with Quality Control review of Construction Documents

  • A love of juggling multiple roles and project types/sizes, and the diversity of experience that can come from this

  • Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and fee estimate structure

  • Excitement for being a part of a fun-loving firm and a desire to contribute and participate in the office culture

Other Qualifications of Interest

  • Experience with tools such as Autodesk Revit software, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Bluebeam

  • Technical Architect

  • Planning and design of community-oriented public projects

  • Restaurant and food service planning and design

  • Residential planning and design

  • Urban design and master planning

  • Experience with a wide variety of project scales, from Master Planning to Kiosk Design

  • Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and fee estimate structure

Compensation:

  • Base Salary Range: $ 100,000 - $120,000 with a generous benefits package. Final salary decisions are determined by local market, a candidate’s skillset, years of experience, and internal equity. 

  • Graham Baba has a $500 annual continuing education benefit and a core culture that supports a work life balance.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and reside in—or be willing to self-relocate to—the local area.

Please send a cover letter and curated set of work samples to opportunities@grahambaba.com, with “senior project manager” in the subject line. No phone calls, agencies, or third-party recruiters, please.

Project Architect

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Autodesk Revit software, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop

  • Design and detail-oriented generalist with experience in a variety of project types and scales

  • 8 to 12+ years of experience in Architecture, working in teams and leading/managing projects (preferred candidates with license)

  • Solid written and graphics communications skills

  • Ability to lead a project from inception to completion, either independently or with a team

  • Demonstrated passion for collaboration with team members and coordination of work with engineers and other consultants

  • Familiarity with Land Use and Building Code research and providing code summary analyses

  • Experience with Quality Control review of Construction Documents

  • Proficiency with technical building design and details for tenant improvement and new construction

  • A love of juggling multiple roles and project types/sizes, and the diversity of experience that comes from this

  • Thrive working within multiple roles, project types & scales, with an ability to effectively balance diverse project responsibilities and sizes while maintaining a high standard of design excellence

  • Excitement for being a part of a fun-loving firm and a desire to contribute and participate in the office’s culture

Other Qualifications of Interest

  • Planning and design of community-oriented public projects

  • Restaurant and food service planning and design

  • Residential planning and design

  • Urban design and master planning

  • Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and fee estimate structure

  • Interest and willingness to provide firm-wide support for design technology tools, including Revit, rendering software, etc.

  • Background and experience in product/industrial design

  • Fabrication/construction experience a plus!

Compensation:

  • Base Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000 with a generous benefits package. Final salary decisions are determined by local market, a candidate’s skillset, years of experience, and internal equity. 

  • Graham Baba has a $500 annual continuing education benefit and a core culture that supports a work life balance.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and reside in—or be willing to self-relocate to—the local area.

Please send a cover letter and curated set of work samples to opportunities@grahambaba.com, with “project architect” in the subject line. No phone calls, agencies, or third-party recruiters, please.

Graham Baba Architects (GBA) offers employees paid medical, vision, dental, life, long-term disability insurance, and a company paid Orca card. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) retirement plan with a company contribution and eligible employees receive a discretionary profit-sharing contribution dependent upon Graham Baba’s profitability. Eligible employees also receive an annual discretionary performance bonus dependent upon the firm’s profitability. Employees accrue 56 hours of sick/safe/personal PTO, 80 hours of vacation PTO, and GBA observes 8 paid holidays. Graham Baba has a continuing education benefit and a core culture that supports a work life balance.

Graham Baba Architects is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds, gender identification, ethnicities, age, religion and beliefs. We uphold a non-discrimination policy in all aspects of our employment.

We are committed to social justice and equity transparency. Graham Baba Architects is a JUST 2.0 label holding company with the International Living Future Institute’s disclosure program.