Engineering Lead (Remote) at Yemert

We are an agritech company supporting smallholder farmers across Nigeria. We work with licensed insurers to design and distribute insurance products that improve financial protection and resilience for underserved farming communities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engineering Lead

Location:  Remote
Employment Type: Contract

Summary

• We are looking for experienced engineering lead to take full ownership of our technical platforms payments, USSD, backend systems, and infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Complete and stabilise Nigeria payment integrations in production
• Conduct a full assessment of our USSD flows, website performance, APIs, and databases
• Optimise systems for increased traffic ahead of our phase 2 nationwide outreach
• Begin payment integrations for additonal markets beyond Nigeria Establish engineering standards, code review, deployment discipline, and incident response
• Lead and manage the engineering team to execute assigned tasks efficiently and on time.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience as an Engineering Lead or Senior Backend Engineer
• Hands-on experience with payment integrations
• Strong knowledge of USSD platforms and high- traffic system optimisation
• Ability to work independently and enforce delivery standards across a team
• Experience in fintech or agritech is a strond advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a brief note on their most relevant experience to: jobs@yemert.co using "Engineering Lead -Yemert" as the subject of the email.