Head of Engineering at Mono

Mono helps businesses in Africa access financial accounts for financial data and payments. Businesses of all sizes in Africa use our platform to retrieve account details, transactions and move money, reliably and securely, including Carbon, Renmoney, Inflow Finance, Tangerine Insurance, and many others.

In almost a year, we’ve introduced a steady cadence of innovations, such as statement pages, a no-code tool to retrieve bank statements, and much more. We’ve connected to 10% of all active bank accounts in Nigeria, and our investors include YCombinator, Entree Capital, and others.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Engineering

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Department: Engineering

Description

As the head of engineering, you will lead our engineering department and help us build great products. You’ll also manage our infrastructure and ensure all internal systems operate securely and effectively. To be successful in this role, you should be confident managing your teams while, at the same time, setting goals, budgets, and timelines for various projects.
We also expect you to be in charge of our integrations with external partners and oversee all software development plans from ideation to execution. Ultimately, you’ll make sure we use innovative technologies that maximize our productivity and help our company grow.

Responsibilities

You will work together with the reverse engineering team, which is a specialized team developing and maintaining our financial ecosystem integrations, front-end engineers, and backend engineers.
We don’t establish a fixed hands-on/off split, but we encourage you to keep coding to keep your technical acumen sharp and to have a solid understanding of the technical challenges that your team faces.
Establish processes and address growing pains during high-growth phases.
Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
Ensure compliance with security regulations
Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines
Prepare and manage the engineering department’s budget
Setting up KPIs and managing appraisals
Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
Hire engineers and coordinate their training
Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools
Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment
Develop high-quality software design and architecture
Coach first, player second. You are a force multiplier for your team and have a passion for the team and team members’ success.
Set objectives, follow performance, and provide feedback.
Team happiness, wellbeing, and productivity.
Partner with Product Managers on objectives, priorities, trade-offs, and risk.
Participating in architecture discussions and planning.
Ability to act as Tech Lead and being more hands-on when required.
Maintain and foster our culture by interviewing and hiring only the most qualified individuals with an eye towards diversity.

Requirements

Work experience as an engineering manager or in a similar senior-level position at an engineering department
Extensive experience with cloud technologies and modern human-computer interfaces
Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development using javascript.
Good understanding of agile methodologies
Leadership abilities with a strategic mind
Excellent project management skills
BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field

Benefits