AI Product Architect

nymbusinc; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Nymbus is building the next generation of fintech platforms, and that requires a new kind of product architect. This role is the technical backbone across product squads who ensures what gets built can run safely, securely, and at scale.

You will define and enforce design patterns, build foundational technical components, harden solutions for production, and own operational architecture using AI-first methodology, working with Builders and Shippers to deliver outcomes end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Define system and reference architectures that align solutions in each squad with the broader Nymbus platform.
• Own integration patterns, API contracts, data models, data flows, tenancy boundaries, and interoperability decisions.
• Design and regularly commit production code for foundational technical components and shared services, including event processing, data access, integration frameworks, observability, and platform utilities.
• Review product specifications and implementations for scalability, maintainability, backward compatibility, and cross-squad consistency, and define migration or coexistence patterns when needed.
• Use AI-powered tools such as Kiro and AI services such as OpenAI and Claude to explore architecture alternatives, identify gaps, draft technical artifacts, implement foundational code, and accelerate design reviews.

Job description

Nymbus (https://nymbus.com/) isn’t just a leader in fintech; we’re a community of innovators passionate about reimagining banking. Our award-winning modern core platform and cloud-based technology serve as the backbone for financial institutions eager to modernize and excel.

Nymbus is building the next generation of fintech platforms, and that requires a new kind of product architect. This role is the technical backbone across product squads who ensures what gets built can run safely, securely, and at scale. You will define and enforce design patterns, build foundational technical components, harden solutions for production, and own operational architecture using AI-first methodology, working together with Builders and Shippers to deliver outcomes end-to-end.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Nymbus is a remote-first company, with occasional travel required for team collaboration or client engagement. Working hours primarily align with the Eastern Time Zone; candidates located in the Eastern or Central time zones are preferred.

POSITION SUMMARY:

At Nymbus, the AI Product Architect is the system design and technical integrity owner in our squad triad model. You are a member of the Architecture team, report to the Chief AI Officer, and typically split your time product squads. You are responsible for ensuring solutions meet the enterprise-grade bar. In each squad, you work alongside a dedicated Builder and a Shipper. You own the architecture from system design through production hardening, including the technical deployment and operating model. The Shipper owns release coordination and execution, while you provide required architectural signoff for the areas you own and may hold a release until those standards are met. You operate with an AI-first mindset, leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate architecture analysis, technical design, implementation, reviews, and operational workflows. This is not a traditional architect role centered on diagrams, review boards, or governance from a distance. You are a hands‑on technical leader who regularly commits production code in the technical layers of the product, including event processing, data access, integration frameworks, observability, and shared services. You create the design and implement the foundational components that Builders use and extend to deliver product functionality. You own the “how it fits”, the “how it scales”, and the “how it runs safely”.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Platform Architecture and Foundational Engineering

• Define system and reference architectures that align the solutions in each assigned squad with the broader Nymbus platform.
• Own integration patterns, API contracts, data models, data flows, tenancy boundaries, and interoperability decisions.
• Design and regularly commit production code for foundational technical components and shared services, including event processing, data access, integration frameworks, observability, and platform utilities that Builders use and extend.
• Review product specifications and implementations for scalability, maintainability, backward compatibility, and cross-squad consistency, and define migration or coexistence patterns when needed.
• Use AI-powered tools such as Kiro and AI services such as OpenAI and Claude to explore architecture alternatives, identify gaps, draft technical artifacts, implement foundational code, and accelerate design reviews.

Production Hardening, Testing Standards, and Non-Functional Quality

• Define the automated testing framework and standards, including how Builder-authored tests are implemented and how they run locally and against a Quality Assurance environment.
• Create and maintain shared test harnesses, utilities, and patterns, and establish measurable non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, reliability, security, resiliency, and operability.
• Partner with Builders as they implement automated tests and remediate findings; partner with Shippers as they validate test completion, pass status, and the appropriate level of coverage.
• Define and oversee performance, capacity, resiliency, security, and vulnerability testing for the architectural areas you own, coordinating with the Security function where appropriate.
• Identify failure modes, bott