Architect AI platforms for Wagepoint’s remote-first payroll software using LLM systems, Python services, and distributed architecture expertise.

This principal engineering role sets the technical strategy for AI products serving small businesses across Canada. You will define platform boundaries, persistence standards, quality gates, and responsible AI guardrails. Your decisions guide engineering roadmaps, vendor choices, and agentic development across Wagepoint.

Key Responsibilities

Define AI platform boundaries alongside the existing product stack

Evaluate vendors using quantified costs and rejected alternatives

Publish verification notes and triggers for revisiting platform choices

Design large-scale customer-facing systems using domain boundaries





Shape engineering standards through RFCs, reviews, and mentorship

Requirements

10+ years’ experience with progressively increasing engineering impact

Staff-level experience designing and operating production agentic systems

Working knowledge of DDD and Clean Architecture principles

Fluency in orchestration, MCP, A2A, evals, and vector persistence

Executive communication covering platform cost, risk, and optionality

Bring principal-level architecture leadership to Wagepoint’s AI platforms, distributed systems, vendor strategy, and regulated payroll workplace.

📌 Principal AI Platform Architect (Winnipeg)
🏢 Wagepoint
📍 Winnipeg