Head of Engineering at CredPal

CredPal is a financial technology company that provides credit cards for consumers to meet their immediate financial needs. We are leveraging technology and the retail industry to provide a modern consumer credit solution for Africa and beyond.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Engineering

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Purpose Statement

We are looking for a Head of Engineering to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of our business. You will communicate with employees, stakeholders and customers to ensure our company’s technologies are used appropriately.
The selected candidate will be responsible for building and leading a team of engineers for designing, developing, implementing, integrating, testing, qualifying, and maintaining the embedded software on a wide range systems.

Key Deliverables:

Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals.
Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage.
Help departments use technology profitably.
Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency.
Build quality assurance and data protection processes.
Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance.
Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology.
Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors.
Supervising Junior Software Developers, analyzing software performance and configuration .systems, and managing the deployment and integration of new software.
Develop cutting-edge software solutions to optimize our business operations.
Managing the installation and configuration of software solutions.
Resolving software deployment and integration errors, and documenting processes.
Performing routine maintenance and monitoring performance metrics.
Write clean and well-tested code, think logically and solve problems.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or similar.
Relevant training & certifications.
5-8years of experience in a similar role.

Requirements:

Experience in leading and managing software engineering teams in an agile environment.
Strong project management skills with ability to manage many simultaneous projects.
In-depth knowledge of programming languages such as PHP, Python and JavaScript-based framework such as VueJs/ReactJS/Node.js.
Experience using server-side languages such as Golang, java or Java with a microservice approach.
Full-stack understanding of web API/database development concepts and patterns.
Extensive experience in developing, deploying, and integrating software solutions.
Proficiency in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
Knowledge of best practices related to data encryption and cybersecurity.
Ability and passion to quickly learn and implement new technologies as required.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving, detail-focused, motived, good at teamwork