Remote Engineering Manager - R&D

Summary

Join Moniepoint, a leading financial services platform in Africa, as an Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic engineering team in crafting innovative solutions.

Requirements

• At least 8 - 10 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or similar role
• 5+ years of Java and Spring boot experience
• Exposure to building and shipping products at scale
• A proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product lifecycle
• The ability to assess and address technical risks
• A solid technical background with hands-on experience in software development
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
• Excellent knowledge of UML and other modeling methods
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Ensuring rapid and high-quality execution of your team, shipping products at a fast pace
• Scaling our back-end services to handle millions of customers and addressing challenges associated with operating at this scale
• Making critical decisions on database structure, providing guidance to your engineers, and serving as a leader in ensuring best practices are taken in product development
• Navigating dependencies in a fast-paced environment and acting as an engineering manager, with a significant focus on at least 60% hands-on support for your team
• Collaborating with senior leadership and various departments to ensure seamless product launch and post-launch support
• Holding technical deep dives, architecting the next phases of development, and driving the overall development of the product
• Working with data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems to enhance product capabilities
• Translates product requirements into architectural documents and diagrams
• Maintains architectural documents and ensures it is always updated to reflect the current state of the application
• Makes architectural decisions concerning any feature that’s to be added to an application
• Ensures that the architectural direction of an application is in line with the strategic direction of the product
• Performs code reviews and ensures efficient code engineering
• Ensures applications are implemented using software engineering best practices
• Responsible for the stability and reliability of products under his/her purview
• Creates and enforces processes that improve developer efficiency and productivity
• Participates in the screening of engineers for hire

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Pension
• Paid leave