Head of Engineering at Zojatech Limited

Zojatech Limited is a digital transformation consultancy and software development company that provides revolutionary and effective software solutions to businesses. Our goal is to provide software solutions that streamline work processes, enhance work productivity, enable business scalability and shape our clients as innovative leaders of their industry.

At Zojatech, we consider ourselves your partners, and we take care of your technology so that you can focus on your business. The goal of every member of our team is to make your business challenge-free, maximize your productivity, enable you better serve your customers, and most importantly, enable the digital success of your business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Engineering

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilitie

• As the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for directing, administering, and coordinating the entire Product & Engineering business (Zojatach/Zojapay) in accordance with policies, goals, and objectives established by the CEO.
• You will oversee ongoing core business operations within the company.
• Assist the Chief Technical Officer in the development of enterprise/organization policies and goals that optimize financial and corporate performance and facilitate the growth of the company.
• You will be responsible for developing, leading and managing all commercial activities of the business, as well as including market competitiveness, product definition/pricing and distribution/diversity strategies.
• You will be accountable for effective and efficient technical operations of the company and for managing all operational risks to reduce their negative impacts to as low as reasonably possible.
• You will ensure that all technical operational controls are in place and working, and that the enterprise works in compliance with all related regulations.
• Develop and execute the technology strategy in alignment with the company's goals.
• Provide visionary leadership to the technology team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Set up the organization & processes to enable timely delivery of projects with high quality.
• Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption.
• Oversee Architecture & design of technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.
• Engage with product management and CTO to drive the functionality, usability and other non-functional requirements and hence the solution for the same.
• Ensure on-time launches by managing design, development, and integration efforts according to a standard or customized project plan.
• Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long-term vision.
• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of our platform.

Team Management:

• Build and lead a high-performing technology, providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities for the engineering team.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages creativity and problem-solving.
• Be a champion of engineering excellence: establish team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Implement a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvement.

Requirements

• Deep Understanding of enterprise grade technologies.
• Experience in building and running distributed systems for 24x7 online services at scale.
• Deep understanding & expertise with highly transactional, large relational and complex systems.
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Experience in defining and executing professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Strengths in problem-solving, issue resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated experience. Engaging and influencing peers and executives.
• A strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.
• Being a strong leader, mentor, and people manager.
• Startup and Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Execution oriented.
• Ability to think big.
• Collaborative mindset.

Types of applications built: Mobile Apps, Websites, API Applications:

• Backend: Laravel (PHP), MySQL.
• Architecture: Microservices / Serverless with AWS and Azure.
• Frontend: React, React Native, Redux.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Stay informed about regulatory changes and compliance requirements in the financial services industry (Nigeria and major Global markets).
• Ensure that the platform complies with all relevant laws and regulations.
• University degree in Computer Science, Technology related courses, Engineering, or other numerate disciplines
• Certification in Product Management, Software Engineers, Sales, Business process automation and Business Development.
• Minimum 10 years in an ICT Operating environment with hands on experience on Application Solutions, Sales, Business Process,
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Information Technology or related fields from a recognized University will be an advantage.
• Qualification in a recognized framework for IT service delivery; ITIL, Business process automation and Business Development certification
• Membership of professional management associations will be an added advantage
• Designing, Business Development, Research and executive management and at least
• 6 years in senior management positions

Application Closing Date
15th September, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career@zojatech.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.