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# Senior Architect / Technologist - Developer-focused

- **Company:** AURA Architecture & Interiors
- **Location:** Oxford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk Revit, SketchUp (3D Modeling Software)
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879210140-senior-architect--technologist-developer-focused

## About the Role

* RIBA Part 3 qualified (or equivalent) with 5+ years' PQE
 * Experience leading residential projects, developer-led and private, from feasibility to site
 * A track record of long-term relationships with repeat SME developer clients
 * Confident in AutoCAD and Revit; SketchUp and Adobe Suite useful
 * Working knowledge of planning and Building Control legislation, and the legal, financial and time constraints of developer-led work
 * Comfortable mentoring junior staff and representing the practice at client and consultant events

## Description

You will be the primary point of contact for a portfolio of SME developer clients, leading schemes from feasibility through planning, technical design, tender and delivery on site. Multi-unit developments and investment schemes up to 20-30 units, alongside private contracts from £250k to over £1m.

You will run two to four live projects at a time, each with a small team of Part 2, Part 3 or technologist staff, managing programme, fee and quality. You will report directly to the Design & Operations Director and play a key role in growing the developer side of the pipeline through repeat instructions and new introductions.