Engineering Manager at a Fast-growing Financial Services Company - Strivo Labs

Strivo Labs -  Our client, a fast-growing financial services company, is seeking an experienced candidate to lead high-performing engineering teams building secure, scalable, and reliable financial products in the capacity below:

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

• This role blends technical leadership, people management, and delivery ownership.
• You will work closely with product, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders to deliver robust systems that meet regulatory, performance, and customer experience standards.

Key Responsibilities
Technical & Delivery Leadership:

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable financial systems and platforms.
• Own engineering execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
• Translate product and business requirements into clear technical plans and architecture.
• Drive engineering best practices around code quality, testing, security, and documentation.

People & Team Management:

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, goal setting, and career development planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and team scaling as the business grows.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Compliance, Risk, and Operations teams.
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with regulatory, security, and business requirements.

Process & Governance:

• Improve engineering processes, delivery velocity, and operational excellence.
• Ensure systems meet financial services standards for reliability, data protection, and compliance.
• Participate in architectural reviews and long-term technology planning.

Requirements
Essential:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar leadership role.
• Strong experience building and scaling backend or full-stack systems.
• Solid understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing engineers and delivering complex products.
• Experience working in financial services, fintech, payments, lending, or regulated environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Exposure to security, compliance, or regulatory requirements in financial systems.
• Background in agile or product-led development environments.
• Experience scaling teams or platforms in a growth-stage company.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Opportunity to lead critical financial systems with real-world impact.
• Collaborative, growth-focused engineering culture.
• Long-term career progression within a scaling financial services business.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: hiring@strivolabs.com using the job title as the subject of the email.

Note
Interested candidates should send the following:

• Current notice period
• Monthly salary expectations
• A short note (3 – 5 sentences) explaining why you are a good fit for this role.