Principal Systems Architect - Multi-Product AI Platform

Manifest Global; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Manifest Global is hiring a Principal Software Architect to own system design across the portfolio brands and the shared intelligence layer. You will set standards, contracts, and guidance that enable engineers across products to build cohesive, scalable solutions.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the SVP of Engineering. You will work across a portfolio that connects Cialfo, BridgeU, Explore, Kaaiser, EduGo, and Flow AI, shaping how AI and data systems interact while

Qualifications

• You have spent ten years or more building production systems, with depth in Rails, data platforms, or agent/LLM systems.
• You have held architecture across several products at once, not a single monolith.
• You have written standards that engineers follow and can explain how you achieved adoption without authority.
• You are comfortable as an individual contributor with influence and no direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Own system design across platforms including service boundaries, data models, auth, and integration contracts.
• Define technical standards for building, testing, instrumentation and documentation.
• Shape the engineering ladder and promotion calibration.
• Design for compliance by design with access control, audit logging, data retention, and encryption.
• Capture and propagate design knowledge before it leaves the team.

Job description

Manifest Global is hiring a Principal Software Architect to own system design across the portfolio brands and the shared intelligence layer. You will set standards, contracts, and guidance that enable engineers across products to build cohesive, scalable solutions.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the SVP of Engineering. You will work across a portfolio that connects Cialfo, BridgeU, Explore, Kaaiser, EduGo, and Flow AI, shaping how AI and data systems interact while