AI-Driven Application Architect III | Java/C++ Expert

ManpowerGroup; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Acct.

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term and Long Term Disability

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) Plus Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking an Application Architect III in Chicago, IL to lead AI-augmented architecture for the Transactional FX platform. You will define target architectures, guide cross‑team delivery, and ensure performance, security, and observability across Java-based CashPro FX/Flow services and C++ components.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of server-side Java leadership, strong C++ and Linux skills, and demonstrated experience applying AI to software architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience developing server-side Java applications, including significant architecture or technical leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience applying AI to software architecture and engineering, including AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, prompt and context design, evaluation, observability, and security.
• Expertise in core Java on Linux/UNIX, with strong knowledge of Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, JVM tuning, garbage collection, multithreading, algorithms, and data structures.
• Proficiency in modern C++, including memory management, libraries, concurrency, and complex system design.

Responsibilities

• Define target architectures, reference patterns, and technical standards for AI-augmented applications across the Transactional FX platform.
• Design reusable agentic AI frameworks that support prompt and context management, tool integration, human review, testing, traceability, security, and observability.
• Lead the design, development, modernization, and integration of Java-based CashPro FX/Flow applications and C++ services within the TFX suites, with Python/Quartz-based systems as an advantage.
• Balance solution quality, performance, latency, resilience, cost, and control requirements when selecting technologies and architectural approaches.
• Drive delivery through architecture-to-execution: translate business needs into practical architecture, refined stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and delivery plans; validate ideas via technical spikes and proofs of concept.

Skills

Java expertise

C++ proficiency

Technical leadership

AI in software design

Linux/UNIX

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

C++

JVM tuning

Unix/Linux

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking an Application Architect III in Chicago, IL to lead AI-augmented architecture for the Transactional FX platform. You will define target architectures, guide cross‑team delivery, and ensure performance, security, and observability across Java-based CashPro FX/Flow services and C++ components.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of server-side Java leadership, strong C++ and Linux skills, and demonstrated experience applying AI to software architecture.