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impact.com· HQ in 10 E. Figueroa Street, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Senior Platform Engineer

Location: Cape Town · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Senior · Posted: September 20, 2026 · Verified: Oct 2, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role involves building and maintaining the core platform infrastructure that supports internal and external services. The engineer will focus on automation, reliability, and improving the developer experience.
Source & Transparency: This position was structured directly from the publicly accessible career portal of impact.com. Details on the employer’s original job posting are authoritative. Polaris7 charges no placement fees and conducts no candidate screening.

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impact.com

impact.com

Partnership marketing software for affiliates, creators, referrals, and publishers.

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