Head of Software Development at Parkway Project Limited

Parkway Project Limited is a Financial Technology Company that provides simple, intuitive, end-to-end corporate, retail and transaction banking solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Software Development

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• Making key architectural and technical decisions that directly shape the user experience.
• Leading end-to-end development cycles — from ideation and planning to hands-on deployment.
• Designing systems that are both scalable and adaptable to various market-specific needs.
• Collaborating closely with Product and Design to ship intuitive, high-impact features for our customers
• Tackling complex financial workflows using clean, maintainable, and scalable engineering solutions.
• Mentoring other engineers and contributing to a culture of high technical standards and continuous learning.
• Enhancing our infrastructure to reliably process millions of daily transactions with top-tier performance.
• Optimizing CI/CD pipelines and internal tools for speed, reliability, and observability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Computer Science.
• You have 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You have 5+ years of experience in backend software development.
• You have 3+ years of experience working in Fintech.
• You have 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of how cross-functional tech teams collaborate to build scalable systems.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced problem-solving abilities with a solid grasp of object-oriented design principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience being a part of building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers;
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations;
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, create technical designs, and specifications.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@parkway.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.