Overview
About Nintex : At Nintex we are transforming the way people work everywhere. As the global standard for process intelligence and automation, we are trusted by over 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries. Our customers—from industry leaders like Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft—rely on the Nintex Platform to accelerate digital transformation by managing, automating, and optimizing business processes. We are committed to fostering a workplace that supports amazing people in doing their very best work every day.
Working in engineering : Our engineers are process experts building the industry’s most complete process and automation platform to transform the way people work. If you’re curious and eager to learn, the sky is the limit here. We take a solutions-oriented and collaborative approach, constantly innovating our business and products.
About the role : We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-oriented Vice President of Engineering to lead our next chapter of innovation in AI, data-driven platforms, and process intelligence. This executive will own the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of our AI and data engineering capabilities, as well as modernizing our process intelligence products to ensure our platform is intelligent, scalable, and enterprise-ready.
You will lead high-performing engineering teams across three strategic priorities, partnering closely with product, platform, and go-to-market leaders.
- Advancing our AI engineering capabilities, driving the development of common AI frameworks, multi-agent architecture, AI infrastructure & governance model selection & training, and context engineering that accelerates AI capabilities for customers to build, operate, manage, and optimize automation solutions on the Nintex platform
- Modernizing and differentiating our process intelligence capabilities that help customers identify, govern, and optimize processes across their organization
- Building a centralized data intelligence platform that serves as the single source of truth for customer analytics, internal business intelligence, and AI needs across all products
This role offers a unique opportunity to own a growing vertical SaaS product as well as strategic platform capabilities to shape the Nintex vision through execution.
Your contribution will be :
Strategic Leadership
Set the vision, define and execute a comprehensive engineering roadmap aligned with business strategyCollaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and Platform teams to evangelize development and adoption to accelerate platform strategyDrive key decisions around architecture, build vs. buy, open-source, technical debt, data governance, and investment prioritiesRepresent our Process Management, Data, and AI strategy to executive stakeholders, customers, partners, and industry as neededTechnical Leadership
Build and own common AI frameworks, AI platform and infrastructure components, and multi-agent architecture, RAG patterns, orchestration & governance patterns across the platformCreate systems to leverage and experiment with best-of-breed AI innovation while balancing performance, cost, and qualityEvolve process intelligence capabilities using modern cloud-native, multi-tenant technology to unlock superior customer experience, development velocity, and operational efficiencyLead design and implementation of a unified data platform from ingestion to processing through transformation pipelines leveraging Databricks Delta LakeDrive adoption of a modern data stack for core platform orchestration, streaming, data quality, metadata management, monitoring, and governanceEnsure platform scalability, reliability, and performance to support rapidly growing usage while easing adoption by customers and internal teamsEngineering Management
Recruit, grow, and lead exceptional engineering talent across AI and data engineeringFoster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learningBuild urgency to move fast while balancing engineering excellence, scalability, and securitySuccess in the first 18 months
Launch agentic AI build experience for full-scale process automation solutions leveraging five product domainsEstablish AI best practices to accelerate runtime AI capabilities across the platformEvolve platform intelligence capabilities to a modern cloud-native system seamlessly integrated within the Nintex Automation PlatformSuccessfully migrate five major products to the unified data platformAchieve 99.9% platform uptime with best-in-class data latency SLAsDemonstrate improved deployment velocity and cost-effectiveness for data and AI use cases across engineering teamsRequirements to be successful
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree in AI or Data Engineering a plus12 years of engineering leadership experience in cloud-native SaaS and / or platform companies, including 5 years in AI and data-intensive environmentsProven track record of launching enterprise capabilities leveraging AI / ML workflows, including modern LLM, SLM, LAM, Reasoning, and Multi-Modal generative approachesExperience designing and scaling data platforms (batch and real-time) and data pipelines that power enterprise-grade AI solutions; preferably leveraging DatabricksDemonstrated ability to build and scale cross-functional teams spanning product, data, and / or AI engineeringStrong track record of translating business goals into technical execution plans and measurable outcomesExperience managing global engineering organizations across multiple time zones, fostering clarity, consistency, and collaborationClear, compelling communicator with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiencesDirect experience with public cloud IaaS and PaaS (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and familiarity with modern data & ML architecture paradigmsHands-on leader with a bias to action and the ability to lead by exampleWhat’s in it for you
Nintex has a hybrid working model enabling us to build culture, learn and grow together. This role is hybrid in our local Nintex office.
We offer a range of perks and benefits, including :
Global Gratitude and Recharge DaysFlexible paid time off policyEmployee wellness programs and counseling resourcesMeaningful peer recognition and awardsPaid parental leaveInvention / patenting assistanceCommunity impact paid volunteer time and opportunitiesIntercultural learning and celebrationMultiple tools to learn and grow within our global communityEEO / Benefits note : View more about our benefits here. Preference will be given to People Living with Disability who are members of designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Company.
Employment details
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
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