Ubulu Africa is a venture building and innovation ecosystem support firm. Our work sits at the intersection of enterprise technology, innovation programming, research, and international development.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Systems Engineer
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-Time
Work mode: Hybrid
Description
- Ubulu Africa builds venture and innovation infrastructure for African markets. We design and scale systems that power the next generation of African innovation - spanning platform products, advisory services, and innovation programmes. Our Engineering & AI team designs and builds the digital platforms at the heart of this work.
- We are looking for a Systems Engineer to strengthen the architectural foundations of what we build - someone who thinks carefully about how complex systems are structured, how components connect, and how platforms hold up as demands on them grow.
About the Role
- This is a role for an engineer who gives as much attention to how a system is designed as to how it is built.
- You will work on the architecture of Ubulu Africa's digital platforms - defining how services are structured, how integrations are managed, and how technical decisions made today carry the weight of what comes next.
- You will collaborate across the Engineering & AI team, bringing systems thinking to product development and ensuring that what gets built is coherent, scalable, and well-documented from the architecture level down.
Who You Will Do
- Design and document system architectures for Ubulu Africa's digital platforms and services - covering structure, integration patterns, data flows, and scalability considerations
- Translate product and programme requirements into clear technical specifications that the engineering team can build from with confidence
- Identify and address architectural risks - evaluating trade-offs and making recommendations that balance ambition with engineering pragmatism
- Define and maintain technical standards and integration patterns across the platform portfolio
- Collaborate with cloud and platform, data and AI, and product teams to ensure architectural coherence across all layers of the stack
- Review technical implementations and provide guidance to keep the team aligned with architectural decisions
- Maintain technical documentation that keeps the team oriented and makes onboarding straightforward
What You Bring
- 5 or more years in systems engineering, software architecture, or a closely related technical discipline
- A strong track record designing complex systems - thinking clearly about structure, integration, scalability, and how things fail
- Experience translating business and product requirements into sound, defensible technical architecture
- The ability to communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical teammates and non-technical stakeholders
- A collaborative working style - you understand that good architecture is developed with teams, not handed down to them
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows is an advantage
- Experience in African or emerging market technology contexts is welcome
Application Closing Date
22nd June, 2026.
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