Engineering Manager - Design Systems
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.
About the team:
The Design Systems Engineering team is the backbone of consistent, scalable, and efficient product design. We build and maintain the reusable components, tools, and frameworks that power a cohesive user experience across all products. By combining engineering excellence with a design-first mindset, we enable teams to move faster, maintain consistency, and focus on innovation—delivering beautiful, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces at scale.
About the role:
As the Engineering Manager for the Design Systems team, you’ll lead the charge in crafting the core frameworks and reusable components that ensure a seamless, consistent, and scalable user experience across all products. You’ll balance technical leadership with team development, partnering with design and engineering teams to deliver tools that accelerate innovation.
Your contribution will be:
- Deliver High-Quality Code: Ensure your team writes robust, scalable, and secure code using technologies like C#, .NET, NodeJS & React.js.
- Drive Service Reliability: Manage your team’s services to meet Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs), adhering to best practices in Service Reliability.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Product Management and UX Designers to define product features, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.
- Enhance Test Coverage: Monitor new code and designs to identify and adjust test coverage requirements, integrating these into pipelines seamlessly.
- Make Durable Decisions: Gather and assess all relevant input to make high-quality, long-lasting technical and strategic decisions.
- Champion Quality: Lead by example to prioritize quality in all stages of development, ensuring products meet the highest standards.
- Prioritize Security: Oversee the creation of secure code, lead threat modelling, and ensure your team follows security best practices
To be successful, we think you need:
- Experienced Leader: 6+ years as a software engineer, including 3+ years in leadership roles, driving high-performing teams.
- Technical Expertise: Proficiency in .NET, C#, NodeJS, and Azure, with hands-on experience in CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
- Agile Practitioner: Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and managing the full software development lifecycle.
- Problem-Solver: Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to tackle complex technical challenges.
- Effective Communicator: Exceptional leadership and communication skills to align teams and drive results.
- Collaborative Team Player: Adept at working cross-functionally to deliver impactful solutions
What’s in it for you?
Our people work in the way that best suits them and their teams - whether at home, in an office, or another place that sparks creativity, focus, and collaboration. Our work environment is such that our people can successfully deliver their work while adequately supporting their lifestyle and preferences.
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.