Intermediate Software Engineer

Manifest

Manifest

Software Engineering · Full-time

Sydney NSW, Australia

Posted on May 17, 2026

About Manifest

Manifest is a VC-backed AI platform for creative, marketing, and advertising agencies. We’re building tools that prepare creative businesses for the next technology evolution, and we’re looking for great people to join our foundational team.

The role

We’re hiring an Intermediate Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build and ship core product experiences across our web app and supporting services. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role in a small team, where you will work closely with product and design to take features from idea to production.

What you’ll do

  • Build end-to-end product features across frontend, backend, and data flows.

  • Work on core product areas like onboarding flows, calendar-related experiences, dashboards, and reliability/performance improvements (based on current priorities).

  • Collaborate with product and design to clarify requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ship in tight iterations.

  • Write high-quality, maintainable code and improve existing systems during refactors and feature work.

  • Own production outcomes: monitoring, debugging, fixing issues, and improving resilience.

  • Contribute to good engineering hygiene: PR reviews, testing practices, release confidence, and documentation.

Technical Requirements

  • Next.js, React Router/Remix Expertise.

  • Node.js Expertise.

  • Supabase Experience.

  • TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL

  • Full Stack Web Development

Why you'll love working here

  • Office in downtown Sydney (Chippendale)

  • Competitive salary and flexible work options

  • You get to build foundational products at an early-stage, VC-backed company, which means real ownership and fast learning.

  • The role has clear impact and you’ll never feel like a cog a machine.

  • Work side by side with the founders of the company.

Hiring process

  1. Initial chat with one of our team

  2. Case study / Technical interview

  3. Interview with the team

  4. Offer!

We aim to make our hiring process as transparent and efficient as possible. We'll keep you updated at every stage and are always happy to provide feedback.

How to apply

Send your CV to [email protected] and we’ll come back to you within 5 days.

Even if you don't see a role that's a perfect fit right now, we encourage you to send your resume anyway. We'll keep it in our talent pool and reach out if a relevant opportunity opens up.

Manifest is an equal opportunity employer.

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