Responsibilitie

• As the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for directing, administering, and coordinating the entire Product & Engineering business (Zojatach/Zojapay) in accordance with policies, goals, and objectives established by the CEO.
• You will oversee ongoing core business operations within the company.
• Assist the Chief Technical Officer in the development of enterprise/organization policies and goals that optimize financial and corporate performance and facilitate the growth of the company.
• You will be responsible for developing, leading and managing all commercial activities of the business, as well as including market competitiveness, product definition/pricing and distribution/diversity strategies.
• You will be accountable for effective and efficient technical operations of the company and for managing all operational risks to reduce their negative impacts to as low as reasonably possible.
• You will ensure that all technical operational controls are in place and working, and that the enterprise works in compliance with all related regulations.
• Develop and execute the technology strategy in alignment with the company’s goals.
• Provide visionary leadership to the technology team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Set up the organization & processes to enable timely delivery of projects with high quality.
• Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption.
• Oversee Architecture & design of technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.
• Engage with product management and CTO to drive the functionality, usability and other non-functional requirements and hence the solution for the same.
• Ensure on-time launches by managing design, development, and integration efforts according to a standard or customized project plan.
• Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long-term vision.
• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of our platform.

Team Management:

• Build and lead a high-performing technology, providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities for the engineering team.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages creativity and problem-solving.
• Be a champion of engineering excellence: establish team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Implement a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvement.

Requirements

• Deep Understanding of enterprise grade technologies.
• Experience in building and running distributed systems for 24×7 online services at scale.
• Deep understanding & expertise with highly transactional, large relational and complex systems.
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Experience in defining and executing professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Strengths in problem-solving, issue resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated experience. Engaging and influencing peers and executives.
• A strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.
• Being a strong leader, mentor, and people manager.
• Startup and Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Execution oriented.
• Ability to think big.
• Collaborative mindset.

Types of applications built: Mobile Apps, Websites, API Applications:

• Backend: Laravel (PHP), MySQL.
• Architecture: Microservices / Serverless with AWS and Azure.
• Frontend: React, React Native, Redux.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Stay informed about regulatory changes and compliance requirements in the financial services industry (Nigeria and major Global markets).
• Ensure that the platform complies with all relevant laws and regulations.
• University degree in Computer Science, Technology related courses, Engineering, or other numerate disciplines
• Certification in Product Management, Software Engineers, Sales, Business process automation and Business Development.
• Minimum 10 years in an ICT Operating environment with hands on experience on Application Solutions, Sales, Business Process,
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Information Technology or related fields from a recognized University will be an advantage.
• Qualification in a recognized framework for IT service delivery; ITIL, Business process automation and Business Development certification
• Membership of professional management associations will be an added advantage
• Designing, Business Development, Research and executive management and at least
• 6 years in senior management positions