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Staff Platform Engineer

Nintex


Job Location:

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 1 October 2026 (22 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Nintex:

At Nintex we are transforming the way people work everywhere.

As the global standard for process intelligence and automation were trusted by over 10000 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 peoples 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; its about making a tangible impact with every line of code. Our engineers are process experts developing the industrys most complete process and automation platform to transform the way people work. If youre 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 teams 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 domaininfrastructure 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:
Bachelors 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:
Masters 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

Whats 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 workforcean 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: 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.


Required Experience:

Staff IC


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