Lead, Software Engineering at the Concept Group

The Concept Group is a holding company for companies established in 1992. Subsidiaries under the Group include: Rosabon Financial Services – Nigeria’s Leading Financial Intermediary and Equipment Leasing Company, Concept Nova – Bespoke Enterprise IT Solutions Company,Percy Aitkins – Bureau De Change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead, Software Engineering

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

Participate actively in requirements gathering and analysis.
Work with the business analyst to determine the best part of solutions to be implemented.
Oversee all software development plans from ideation to execution.
Collaborate with the relevant teams and departments to produce software design and architecture.
Write clean, readable, and testable code that is scalable and well documented.
Determine project deadlines for engineering managers.
Review code from junior and intermediate developers.
Maintain, update, refactor and debug new and existing codes.
Test and deploy applications and systems.
Serve as an expert within the areas of competence.
Provide technical support when necessary.
Keep up to date with the terminologies, concepts, and best practices for coding.
Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments & trends.
Record and report data to the appropriate parties, such as clients, leadership, or management.
Take lead on projects when necessary.
Work with HR to assess, hire and mentor new developers.
Appraise the performance of junior, intermediate, and senior developers.
Ensure quality control for all code rollout from the engineering department.
Last point of call for quality control on all interfaces built by the frontend team.
Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools.
Communicate with stakeholders the impact of market and technology change and potential effects on engineering. Recommend solutions without compromising the quality of service while optimizing cost.
Work with the rest of the leadership team to decide which engineering projects are the highest priority against the business targets and which can be executed with the available resources.
Strive for best-in-class products and business practices to deliver to the customer’s expectations.
Provide clear leadership and vision, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence, and mentor them as they develop new skills.
Drive Key Performance Indicators across all areas of the Engineering function to ensure that all projects are delivered on cost and on time to the highest quality standards.
Create and maintain both technical and non-technical documentation during and after development.
Serve as the Deputy CTO, to act in the CTO’s absence.

Qualifications / Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields.
5+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development using PHP and MySQL or any other backend languages.
2+ years of experience working with Laravel and/or Lumen or Express or Django and/or Django Rest Framework.
Experience in NodeJS, ReactJS, and MongoDB would be an added advantage
At least 2 years in Tech Leadership.
Experience with Ubuntu OS for application deployment.
Good knowledge of CI/CD deployment pipeline.

Benefits