[Hiring] AutoCAD Architectural Drafter @Better-Pros

Role Description

Are you a production-focused Architectural Drafter with strong AutoCAD skills who understands how buildings actually come together, not just how they project onto a sheet? We're looking for an AutoCAD Architectural Drafter to support our client in the Bahamas on residential and boutique commercial projects, translating hand sketches, SketchUp massing studies, and Trace/FormIt sketches into clean, buildable 2D drawing sets. This is a flex, remote opportunity with daily live collaboration alongside the firm's principal.

What you'll do:

• Produce 2D AutoCAD drawings — plans, elevations, sections, and sheets — from hand sketches, SketchUp models, and verbal direction.
• Develop SD sets of plans including floor plans, sections, and elevations, and pick up redlines accurately during the SD phase.
• Produce DD sets and full CD sets for residential and boutique commercial projects.
• Prepare permit-ready CD sets for submission to local authorities.
• Prepare CD sets to be presented to the general contractor.
• Draft construction details with a real understanding of conventional construction assemblies.
• Maintain and apply the firm's existing drafting standards — line weights, sheet setup, and established conventions — consistently across the full set.
• Prepare drawing sets ready to hand off to structural engineers and, eventually, MEP consultants.
• Join daily or twice-daily video check-ins to review progress and receive markups directly on screen.
• Flag constructability or drafting issues proactively, bringing one or two possible solutions rather than stopping and waiting.
• Occasionally support light SketchUp modeling alongside drafting work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of professional AutoCAD drafting experience in residential or light-commercial architecture.
• Strong AutoCAD proficiency — comfortable producing full construction document sets. The practice works purely in AutoCAD; Revit is not used.
• Solid understanding of conventional construction: wood framing, concrete foundations, and CMU walls with wood porch additions. No complex structural steel spans.
• Experience translating schematics, redlines, and sketches into clean, consistent documentation.
• Solid understanding of drawing standards and coordination for architectural deliverables.
• Fluent written and spoken English — the client does not speak Spanish and requires daily live collaboration.
• Stable, reliable internet for daily video calls and real-time screen-share markups.
• Comfort with a hands-on, highly iterative remote workflow: frequent check-ins, live markups, and close collaboration with the principal.
• Strong work ethic, genuine passion for architecture, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong attention to detail and a production-oriented mindset.

A great plus:

• Experience with traditional or timeless residential architecture and high-end custom homes.
• Prior remote experience with U.S.-based architecture practices.
• Basic SketchUp modeling ability (a plus, not a requirement — the firm intentionally keeps drafting and 3D modeling as separate roles).
• Ability to work quickly without sacrificing quality.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Flexibility.
• Constant learning and growth.
• Opportunity to work anywhere you want with one of our +130 active clients across the United States.