Staff Platform Engineer at Nintex in Johannesburg, South Africa

About Nintex:

At Nintex, we are transforming the way people work, everywhere.

As the global standard for process intelligence and automation, we're trusted by over 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries. Our customers, from industry giants like Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft, rely on the Nintex Platform to accelerate their digital transformation journeys by managing, automating, and optimizing business processes quickly and efficiently. We improve their lives through the technology we build.

We are committed to fostering a workplace that supports amazing people in doing their very best work every day. Collaboration is constant, our workplace is fun, the environment is fast-paced, and we value our people’s curiosity, ideas, and enthusiasm. Driven by passion and accountability, we take initiative, measure progress, and deliver results. Our culture fosters innovation and problem-solving, fueled by curiosity and a commitment to thinking big. Together, we move with agility, prioritize customer needs, and build unity through empathy, leaving a positive impact wherever we go.

Working in engineering:

Working at Nintex as an engineer means building more than just software; it’s about making a tangible impact with every line of code. Our engineers are process experts, developing the industry’s most complete process and automation platform to transform the way people work. If you’re interested, curious and want to learn and do more, the sky is the limit here. We take a solutions-oriented and collaborative approach, constantly innovating our business and products.

About the role:

As a Staff Platform Engineer, you own the technical strategy for a key product area or platform, ensuring long-term scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business objectives.

For platform-focused roles, you contribute to the internal developer platform features – help defining roadmaps informed by adoption metrics, feedback loops and platform SLAs – all in service of your team’s developer experience.

You exhibit advanced wide-ranging experience, applying in-depth professional knowledge and commercial acumen to resolve complex technical challenges and define scalable procedures.

You lead technical direction across a feature team or product domain, drive architectural decisions, and influence multiple teams to ensure consistency -balancing hands-on technical contribution with strategic leadership.

You develop deep domain expertise and actively influence engineering strategy at the organizational level, serving as a senior technical leader who is accountable for platform reliability, scalability, and the technical growth of engineers around them.

Your contribution will be:

• You own technical strategy for the infrastructure of a key product area or platform, ensuring long-term scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business objectives
• You lead technical direction for a feature team or product domain infrastructure, making critical architectural decisions
• You understand and work on complex issues where analysis requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• You determine methods and procedures on new assignments, exercising judgment in selecting and adapting complex techniques
• You direct the application of existing principles and guide development of new policies and ideas
• You anticipate and mitigate technical risks for large projects, planning proactively to avoid issues
• You drive architectural decisions and technical strategy across multiple teams and systems
• You influence multiple teams, ensuring consistency in technical approaches, frameworks, and architectural decisions
• You network with key contacts outside your area of expertise, frequently advising others on complex matters
• You understand the interrelationships of different disciplines and ensure cohesive technical solutions
• You develop deep domain expertise while beginning to influence engineering strategy at the organizational level
• You advocate for long-term technical solutions that support business growth and scalability
• You collaborate cross-functionally to ensure scalability and efficiency across the organization
• You work closely with product managers, design leads, and other stakeholders to drive alignment on engineering priorities
• You adapt your style and use persuasion in delivering messages that relate to the wider business
• You may be accountable through team for delivery of tactical business targets
• You translate business requirements into technical strategy and execution plans
• You drive cross-team collaboration and execution on strategic initiatives
• You define and enforce engineering standards, ensuring technical excellence across teams
• You mentor engineers at all levels and foster best practices throughout the organization, providing guidance on technical challenges and career development
• You establish coding standards, architectural patterns, and development practices
• You lead technical reviews and ensure quality across team deliverables
• You create and maintain technical documentation and knowledge sharing initiatives
• You define engineering roadmaps, aligning technical execution with business objectives and managing delivery expectations
• You lead teams in defining technical direction and ensuring successful implementation
• You develop and manage operational initiatives to deliver tactical results
• You translate functional plans into operational processes and guide execution
• Your work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objectives
• You maintain significant hands-on technical contributions as a senior individual contributor
• You continue to write code, design systems, review architectures, and solve complex technical problems
• You lead by example, demonstrating technical excellence in your own work
• You participate in on-call rotations and incident response as a senior technical leader
• You implement critical features and infrastructure components for your platform or product area
• You contribute to knowledge sharing through documentation, tech talks, and training sessions
• You guide best practices across teams, fostering a culture of engineering excellence
• You help engineers develop their skills in Platform, infrastructure, and system design
• You serve as a role model for technical excellence and professional growth
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings and ceremonies applicable to current focus
• Participate in the interview process for new team members
• Help design and implement golden paths, service templates and self-service capabilities that accelerate developer productivity across teams
• Drive improvement that reduces cognitive load for engineers

To be successful, we think you need:

Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related technical field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years of professional experience in Platform, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related field
• Demonstrated expertise in architecting and implementing large-scale systems
• Proven track record of technical leadership and influencing multiple teams
• Expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms, infrastructure as code, and Platform practices
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to balance technical and business priorities
• Experience defining technical strategy and driving adoption across teams

Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
• Previous experience leading large technical initiatives across multiple teams
• Multiple advanced certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional)
• Experience defining technical strategy and roadmaps for complex systems
• Strong background in building engineering culture and best practices
• Experience working closely with product management and executive leadership
• Contributions to open-source projects or recognized thought leadership in the industry

What’s in it for you?

Nintex has a hybrid working model, enabling us to build culture, learn, and grow together. We intentionally connect and collaborate, while emphasizing flexibility with a blend of at-home and in-office work. This role is a hybrid role in our local Nintex office.

While our offerings differ from country to country, we offer our entire global workforce an array of exciting perks and benefits, including

• Global Gratitude and Recharge Days
• Flexible, paid time off policy
• Employee wellness programs and counseling resources
• Meaningful peer recognition and awards
• Paid parental leave
• Invention/patenting assistance
• Community impact, paid volunteer time, and opportunities
• Intercultural learning and celebration
• Multiple tools through which to learn and grow, and an incredible global community

View more about our benefits here: https://www.nintex.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Global-Perks-and-Benefits.pdf.

Equity Statement: Preference will be given to People Living with Disability who are members of the designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Company.