Head of Engineering at the Concept Group

The Concept Group is a holding company for companies established in 1992. Subsidiaries under the Group include: Rosabon Financial Services - Nigeria’s Leading Financial Intermediary and Equipment Leasing Company, Concept Nova - Bespoke Enterprise IT Solutions Company,Percy Aitkins - Bureau De Change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Engineering

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Participate actively in requirements gathering and analysis.
• Work with the business analyst to determine the best part of solutions to be implemented.
• Oversee all software development plans from ideation to execution.
• Collaborate with the relevant teams and departments to produce software design and architecture.
• Write clean, readable, and testable code that is scalable and well documented.
• Determine project deadlines for engineering managers.
• Review code from junior and intermediate developers.
• Maintain, update, refactor and debug new and existing codes.
• Test and deploy applications and systems.
• Serve as an expert within the areas of competence.
• Provide technical support when necessary.
• Keep up to date with the terminologies, concepts, and best practices for coding.
• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments & trends.
• Record and report data to the appropriate parties, such as clients, leadership, or management.
• Commit to continuous improvement, education, and training to remain current on best practices, new programming languages, and to better assist other team members.
• Take lead on projects when necessary.
• Work with HR to assess, hire and mentor new developers.
• Appraise the performance of junior, intermediate, and senior developers.
• Ensure quality control for all code rollout from the engineering department.
• Last point of call for quality control on all interfaces built by the frontend team.
• Design strategies for future development projects based on the company's overall objectives and resources.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools.
• Communicate with stakeholders the impact of market and technology change and potential effects on engineering. Recommend solutions without compromising the quality of service while optimizing cost.
• Work with the rest of the leadership team to decide which engineering projects are the highest priority against the business targets and which can be executed with the available resources.
• Evaluate the challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities.
• Strive for best-in-class products and business practices to deliver to the customer’s expectations.
• Provide clear leadership and vision, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence, and mentor them as they develop new skills.
• Drive Key Performance Indicators across all areas of the Engineering function to ensure that all projects are delivered on cost and on time to the highest quality standards.
• Create and maintain both technical and non-technical documentation during and after development.
• Serve as the Deputy CTO, to act in the CTO’s absence.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development using PHP and MySQL or any other backend languages.
• 2+ years of experience working with Laravel and/or Lumen or Express or Django and/or Django Rest Framework.
• Experience in NodeJS, ReactJS, and MongoDB would be an added advantage
• At least 2 years in Tech Leadership.
• Experience with Ubuntu OS for application deployment.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD deployment pipeline.

Benefits

• Partial remote operations
• Great Team and bright minds
• Competitive salary up to 10 million Naira and other benefits.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.