Vice President – Engineering at Indicina

Indicina is a venture-funded FinTech building the technology infrastructure that will power the next generation of consumer credit platforms and businesses. We genuinely believe that risk innovation can unlock the massive African consumer credit opportunity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Vice President – Engineering

Location: Surulere, Lagos

About this Role

The VP of Engineering will own the implementation of our product vision. We are rapidly scaling our client base while expanding features and client use cases.
You will build a high-performing team and support the CTO in leading key aspects of the Engineering function.
Ideal candidates will have prior engineering leadership experience, strong personal skills, and be a strategic problem-solver.
You have demonstrated excellent communication skills, an ability to connect with other engineers, testers, project managers and developers, and have a solid foundation in software design.

Responsibilities

Leading the team through management and mentorship.
Developing standards and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met and consistent.
Recommending technological developments and improvements on efficiency.
Developing the team to ensure quality end products.
Reviewing software architecture and process to ensure quality standards are maintained.
Driving the engineering team by measuring KPIs and assessing performance.

Qualifications

3+ years of senior engineering experience leading teams in enterprise software, SaaS or FinTech environments. Knowledge of Banking and / or Credit preferred
Ability to rapidly synthesize product requirements / challenges and design sustainable solutions.
Strong project management skills with an obsessive attention to detail
Deep experience in software design and developing customer-orientated platforms.
Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
Familiarity with the following technologies: Node.js, ReactJS, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Prisma, MySQL, PHP, Bitbucket Pipelines, GraphQL, Rest API.

Benefits