Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Manifest is on a mission to secure the global software and AI supply chain. Our platform automates the discovery and analysis of risks across internally built and third-party software and AI systems, giving security, product, and engineering teams complete visibility into the components and dependencies that make up their technology stack. From product security and AI risk to supplier risk and compliance, we help teams trust the software and AI they build and buy.

Founded by alumni from the Department of Defense, CISA, and Palantir, Manifest is backed by leading investors including Ensemble VC, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Box Group, XYZ Venture Capital, AE Ventures, Leap
435, and Overmatch VC. The company partners with the US Air Force, DHS, Global 2000 companies, and critical infrastructure organizations across defense, automotive, and financial services to bring transparency, resilience, and trust to modern digital systems.

Manifest is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to own the design, development,implementation, and ongoing operation of Manifest's infrastructure and build/release pipelines.

You will extend and improve existing processes and systems, ensuring pipelines are fast,secure, performant, and scalable. By dogfooding Manifest's core products, you will be closelyinvolved with Product, driving roadmap direction and helping users build and deliver software with less risk and greater security.

What You Will Do

• Own the design, development, implementation, and ongoing operation of infrastructure and build/release pipelines
• Extend and improve existing processes to ensure pipelines are fast, secure, performant, and scalable
• Deploy IaC and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Go, etc.) to support platform and customer requirements
• Operate and sustain cloud-based CI/CD pipelines using Dev Sec Ops  principles and a shift-left mindset
• Automate application deployment using container technology (Kubernetes, Git Hub, and other CI/CD tools)
• Build tools and packaging to support deployment across varied environments (AWS, Azure/GCP, on-prem, air-gapped, FedRAMP)
• Integrate Dev Sec Ops  tools and services into automated pipelines throughout the customer SDLC
• Research and adopt open-source tools to build and secure the development pipeline
• Implement and improve observability across MELT (Metrics, Events, Logs, Traces), including presentation and alerting
• Safely expose public endpoints (UIs, APIs) using load balancers, CDNs, and related tools
• Collaborate closely with Product to help drive roadmap direction and improve how users build and deliver software
• Dogfood Manifest's core products as part of day-to-day work
• Assisting developers in delivering secure applications (CORS policies, API security engineering)

Required Skills

• IaC and automation tools:
  Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Go
• Cloud-based CI/CD pipelines with a Dev Sec Ops  and automation-first approach
• Kubernetes — deploying, operating, and troubleshooting in cloud environments
• Networking and runtime troubleshooting, including complex remote and air-gapped environments
• Building and packaging software for multiple runtime environments (cloud, on-prem, air-gapped, FedRAMP)
• Exposing secure public endpoints using load balancers, CDNs, and related tools
• Strong verbal and written communication, including technical and design documentation

Required Qualifications

• Experience routinely developing and deploying IaC and automation to support platform and customer needs
• Experience operating and sustaining cloud-based CI/CD pipelines with a shift-left and Dev Sec Ops  mindset
  
  Experience automating application deployments using container technology in cloud environments
• Experience building tools and packaging for varied runtime environments (cloud,…