Meet Ozow 

Ozow is a leading fintech company that's redefining digital payments in South Africa and beyond. We're dedicated to making payments more accessible, secure, and convenient for both businesses and consumers. As a fast-growing player in the financial technology sector, Ozow fosters a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity. We believe in pushing the boundaries of what's possible and are committed to making a positive impact on the world through our payment solutions.  

More about this Ozow fantastic position   

Ozow is seeking a Software Engineer to join our talented development team. As a Software Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining innovative solutions that power our digital payment platforms. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, solve complex challenges, and contribute to the growth of the fintech industry.  

Your role and responsibilities 

Software Development 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that meet high-quality standards and business requirements.  

Coding 

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while following best practices and coding standards.  

Technical Problem Solving 

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex technical issues and implement effective solutions.  

System Architecture 

• Contribute to the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.  

Code Reviews 

• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing within the team.  

Agile Development 

• Work in an Agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.  

Documentation 

• Create and maintain technical documentation for software and processes.  

Mentoring 

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members as needed.  

You are an ideal candidate if you have 

• At least 4+ years of work-related experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer  
• Ideally have an IT Diploma or Degree  
• Ability to develop software in .NET 8 C#, JavaScript, ReactJs, HTML, CSS and other programming languages (polyglots preferred)  
• Excellent knowledge of Postgres, Mssql technologies (EF, NHibernate)  
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, Riak, MongoDB, and others.  
• Experience developing web applications, with a good understanding of how the web works  
• Proven experience in high-scale applications and an understanding of the practices and approaches that are employed in scaling applications beneficial.  
• Experience with unit testing, knowledge of applying test-driven development beneficial  
• Understanding DevOps principals and how to apply them practically beneficial.  
• Experience in cloud services preferred – AWS, Azure.  
• Experience with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy) highly beneficial.  
• Experience working with agile methodologies – a true believer  

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience. You've built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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: 

The Engineering Manager for the DevTools team leads a group focused on building internal developer platforms (IDPs), tooling, and services that enable product delivery teams to move quickly, safely, and efficiently. This role is designed for a technical leader who thrives at the intersection of high-scale systems architecture and people development. You will champion our developer portal, treating our internal developers as customers to build seamless, self-service tooling that removes cognitive load and accelerates product delivery. You ensure your team delivers high quality, secure, and reliable software aligned with product and infrastructure roadmaps. You partner closely with Product Management, Platform Engineering, and internal delivery teams to define, build, and operate foundational tooling such as containerized application systems, CI/CD workflows, platform integrations, and shared infrastructure capabilities.  

Your contribution will be: 

Engineering Leadership: 

- Ensure the team produces high-quality, secure, well tested code. 

- Provide technical direction for developer platforms and shared tooling. 

- Guide design and architecture decisions with clear tradeoffs. 

- Promote best practices for scalability, resilience, security, performance, and reliability. 

- Oversee service reliability and ensure systems meet SLOs and SLIs. 

- Ensure CI/CD pipelines and automation support delivery teams. 

Delivery & Execution: 

- Run the team using agile principles with meaningful metrics. 

- Maintain visibility into risks, technical debt, dependencies. 

- Partner with Product Management to shape and prioritize the backlog. 

- Ensure timely delivery of features and platform capabilities. 

- Participate in incident management and follow-up improvements. 

Team Management: 

- Coach and develop engineers with growth plans. 

- Lead hiring and workforce planning. 

- Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. 

Technical Expertise: 

- IDP Tooling: Experience with ArgoCD, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Pulumi). Experience with Backstage or similar internal portals is a significant plus. 

- Cloud Native Ecosystem: Understanding of Kubernetes, container security, and service mesh within Azure/AWS environments. 

- DevEx Metrics: Familiarity with tracking DORA metrics and Developer Experience (DevEx) signals to measure the platform's impact on velocity and quality. 

To be successful, we think you need:   

• 2+ years experience in leading a team
• 6+ years of strong experience and background in software engineering (Javascript, NodeJS, ReactJS, Relational and Non-Relational Databases)
• Strong experience in Kubernetes & Containerization.

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.