Responsibilities

Lead and inspire talented engineers in an agile development environment to innovate, implement, and deploy and own end-to-end complex software solutions in a commercial, mission-critical environment for millions of customers
Develop and grow engineering talent through effective mentoring, coaching, and retention strategies in a fast-growing, highly competitive economic environment
Manage planning and execution to successfully deliver value to our customers
Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration between teams
Work on cross-team initiatives to improve the applications and system
Work in a cross-functional team to design, build and deliver new features for our systems
Strive to reduce complexity of the systems
Create awareness of engineering efforts and achievements
Partner with product and other stakeholders to drive success
Lead cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary engineers
Ensure quality, performance, monitoring, alerting and security using best practices
Take full ownership and responsibility for organizational practices and processes
Strive to continuously improve the systems and processes
Empower teams with AI-assisted software engineering

Requirements

8+ years of experience building and working on cutting edge solutions that scale for millions of customers
3+ years of experience building and managing high-performance engineering teams
Solid experience with development CI/CD, Automation, Testing and Deploying large systems
Solid experience of building systems using a variety of different architectures
Proven history as an experienced engineer
A passion for building products to help African businesses
A proactive approach to solve a problem before it has occurred
Mentorship - ability to successfully transfer knowledge
Extensive knowledge of object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, and best practices
Solid experience with build tools
Solid experience with source control, like Git
Hands-on experience in writing unit, integration and UI tests
High analytical thinking to tackle complicated issues
High-quality working standards with a clear structured approach
Impeccable problem-solving and analytical abilities
Effective communication and collaboration skills
High agency and the ability to work independently
Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and tools

Benefits

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field might be beneficial but not required
Experience in the fintech industry or with payment processing systems
Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI DSS)
Experience with machine learning and data analytics

Engineering Manager

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