Engineering Lead at Moniepoint Incorporated - Remote

Moniepoint Incorporated is a global business payments and banking platform and recently became QED Investors’ first investment in Africa. We are the partner of choice for over 600,000 businesses of all sizes, powering the dreams of SMBs and providing them with equal access to the tools they need to grow and scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engineering Lead

Location: Lagos (Remote)

About the Role

• As the Engineering Lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the entire technical landscape of our engineering organization.
• You will guide and lead engineering teams while ensuring we are building scalable, secure, and innovative architectures. Working closely with business leaders and engineering managers (EMs), you will help align our technical vision with business goals and ensure a smooth pipeline from coding to deployment.
• The role is hands-on, requiring a mix of leadership, technical expertise, and operational excellence.
• We are looking for someone who has a strong engineering background, leadership skills, and a passion for fostering collaboration and trust within teams. You will be accountable for setting technical standards, addressing technical debt, mentoring teams, and ensuring the scalability and security of the product's architecture. In addition, you will oversee team development, recruitment, and performance management to build high-performing teams capable of delivering results on time.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Provide overall technical leadership across engineering teams. Work closely with business leads to align OKRs with business goals.
• Own the architecture across the product line, ensuring it is scalable, secure, and aligned with best practices.
• Oversee the end-to-end pipeline from coding to deployment. Ensure it is clear and updated so EMs can focus on their tasks.
• Develop a technology roadmap for the teams ensuring scalability, reliability, redundancy and optimal performance.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt to ensure long-term system health.
• Lead and mentor EMs and engineers, helping them grow professionally and personally. Recruit, hire, and set clear performance expectations.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, ensuring all services are well monitored and aligned with defined SLIs/SLOs.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment between engineering and business teams.
• Collaborate with tooling/infrastructure teams and ensure you have a solid understanding of DevOps processes, tooling, and infrastructure.
• Drive and uphold engineering standards, ensuring continuous improvement and consistent quality.

To succeed in this role, we think you should have

• 8 - 10 years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years of leadership experience managing engineering teams.
• Strong experience with backend technologies (experience with frontend is a plus).
• Expertise in setting up and maintaining deployment pipelines, CI/CD, and managing tech debt.
• Ability to drive alignment across engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with agile methodologies, sprint planning, and managing technical resources efficiently.
• Proven track record in mentoring, performance management, and developing high-performing teams.
• A BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Key Requirements

• 4-5 years of leading engineering teams with a proven track record of building and scaling high-performance teams.
• Strong technical experience, including hands-on coding and a solid understanding of software development.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration, trust, and transparency across diverse teams.
• Experience owning and overseeing system architecture for large-scale, secure, and scalable platforms.
• Ability to mentor, recruit, and grow engineering talent in an environment that prioritizes continuous learning.

Application Closing Date
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