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# Lead Design Architect at The American Housing Corporation

- **Company:** The American Housing Corporation
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/american-housing/992dc442-44e4-44a1-899d-b6f925edd581

## Job description

The Role: Lead Design Architect

As The Lead Design Architect, you will define the look and feel of the new generation of the American Rowhome. You will drive the design from concept to construction. You will lead the design of a new residential catalogue, bespoke style across every scale: from the facades to every corner of our homes. The role would require both creativity and meticulous attention to detail.

The role is based full-time in Austin, TX and would be ideal for an experienced designer who prefers to work hands-on, with a potential to grow a team over time.

## About The Company

The American Housing Corporation http://americanhousing.co is on a mission to solve the America’s housing crisis through all-out housing production. We believe that America’s affordability crisis is fundamentally a production crisis, and that solving it requires a vertically integrated development approach: We buy land, design and manufacture, install, and sell our homes directly to customers — all by ourselves.

The American Dream is built, not inherited. We're hiring the best engineers, designers, and builders to solve the hardest problem in America. We’re based in Austin, TX and build across the country.

## What You’ll Be Working On

- Lead architectural exploration of our rowhome product catalogue, including new interior layouts, facades, and styles.
- Lead the curation of interior and exterior finishes, fixtures, and appliances across our product lineup.
- Partner with the Product Engineering and Supply Chain teams to identify suppliers capable of delivering intended quality at competitive price points and reliable timelines.
- Partner with Product and Brand team on defining the unique architectural identity of our products.
- Art direct visualizations.
- Assist with value engineering in protecting a holistic design vision.
- Oversee projects through construction and iterate the designs based on learnings from realized projects.

## Qualifications

- Relevant training in Architecture, Interior Design.
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in architecture, or industrial design.
- Proven track record of taking designs from concept to construction.
- Proven track record of managing material selection and finish specifications across complex projects.
- Strong working knowledge of construction methods, trade coordination, and traditional building practices. Familiarity with modular or off-site construction methods is preferable.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency in design software (e.g., Rhino, Revit, Enscape, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc).
- Experience in value engineering or cost optimization in a design-driven context.

Additional Information

- Candidates must be based in or ready to relocate to Austin, TX full-time.
- The company provides comprehensive benefits, PTO, and participation in company equity programs.

## About The American Housing Corporation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The American Housing Corporation is a vertically integrated real estate developer and housing manufacturer that industrializes homebuilding to deliver beautiful, attainable starter homes in America’s most dynamic cities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage, backed by venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Riley Meik (CEO), Bobby Fijan, Harris Rothaermel, and William Davis

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Housing manufacturing, real estate development, construction technology
- **Target Customers**: Homebuyers and renters seeking high-quality, moderately priced starter homes in growing U.S. cities; also partners with developers and landowners through joint ventures
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Saving the American Dream” by solving the “Missing Middle” housing crisis — bringing an abundance of beautiful starter homes to the nation’s most dynamic cities and neighborhoods

## Products & Services
- **Rowhomes (Proprietary Kit-of-Parts)**: A prefabricated building system designed for mass production, low-cost shipping (each component fits in intermodal shipping containers), and rapid on-site assembly (homes assembled in days). These are conventional, code-compliant homes available for purchase or rent.
- **Alamo (Internal Software Platform)**: An end-to-end orchestration platform that manages the entire development stack — from underwriting and site planning to factory production and on-site assembly.
- **Factory Manufacturing**: Custom machines and tools engineered in-house to automate production and ensure consistent quality for every major building component.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (Pre-Seed stage)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Pre-Seed round completed with 1 investor (amount undisclosed); individual real estate projects financed through private real estate capital
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by “leading venture capital firms” (parent company); specific investors not disclosed. Notable alumni from: Meta, Aro Homes, Saronic Technologies, Hustle Fund, Starlight Labs
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount growth: +16.7% monthly growth, from ~10 employees to 14 (LinkedIn data)
  - First factory opened in Austin in 2025; pipeline includes Texas, New Mexico, California, Washington, and Montana
  - 6 active job postings as of mid-2025 (despite -14.3% quarterly decline)
  - Strong hiring signal for engineering, design, and manufacturing roles

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical Integration**: Owns every step — land acquisition, factory production, logistics, software, and on-site assembly — giving unprecedented control over quality, cost, speed, and aesthetics
- **Proprietary Building System**: Kit-of-parts designed for mass production, shipping in standard intermodal containers, and assembly in days
- **Custom Software (Alamo)**: Orchestrates the entire development stack, creating a proprietary data and workflow moat
- **Factory Automation**: Custom machines and tools built in-house to automate production and ensure consistent quality
- **Focus on the “Missing Middle”**: Targeting a critical market gap — high-quality starter homes in dynamic urban areas — that traditional homebuilders and manufactured housing have not solved

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale Factory Production**: Expanding factory capacity to produce components at volume
- **Geographic Expansion**: Active pipeline in Texas, New Mexico, California, Washington, and Montana
- **Partnerships with Developers**: Joint ventures with landowners and developers to accelerate land acquisition and project development
- **Product Iteration**: First collection of rowhomes is in development (no custom homebuilding); aiming for purchase and rental availability upon completion
- **Hiring for Core Engineering**: Actively recruiting Senior Software Engineers (Alamo), Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, and Architects to build the technology and factory systems

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: “Housing is the cornerstone of the American Dream” — a mission-driven team of engineers, builders, and architects tackling one of the world’s most neglected engineering frontiers
- **Work Environment**: Headquarters in Austin, TX; roles span Design, Manufacturing, Engineering, Software, and Real Estate. The company emphasizes “building beautiful things that shape the lives of millions”
- **Engineering Focus**: Opportunity to work on complex problems at national scale — from custom factory automation and mechanical engineering to building a full-stack software platform (Alamo) that orchestrates real estate development
- **Team Profile**: Small, founder-heavy team (5 founders out of 14 total); lean, high-autonomy environment; talent drawn from Meta, Aro Homes, Saronic Technologies, and Hustle Fund
- **Perks/Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the Austin HQ and factory presence suggest a hybrid/onsite model for manufacturing and engineering roles; software roles may offer flexibility
- **Notable**: Company has a strong engineering culture — job postings for Senior Software Engineer, Director of Mechanical Engineering, and Lead Mechanical Engineer, Building Shell

## Sources
1. [americanhousing.com](https://www.americanhousing.com/)
2. [americanhousing.com/faq](https://www.americanhousing.com/faq)
3. [americanhousing.com/careers](https://www.americanhousing.com/careers)
4. [LinkedIn - The American Housing Corporation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-american-housing-corporation)
5. [Ashby Jobs - The American Housing Corporation](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/american-housing)

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