Engineering Manager – R & D at Moniepoint Incorporated Full Time

Job Title: Engineering Manager – R & D

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

About the Role

• As an Engineering Manager at Moniepoint, you will manage and guide a dynamic engineering team that crafts solutions that challenge the industry.
• You will take the roadmap from your product/business manager and define the technical road, manage the implementation architecture to deployment.
• You will be your craft guide for the engineers you will orchestrate the day-to-day operations of the team across the entire stack.
• Your team will consist of frontend engineers, backend engineers, and data engineers, each coming from a different background as we strive for global expansion in talent.
• Be prepared to be a critical thinker from an eagle-eye view all the way down to being able to review merge requests and help solve coding problems.

Responsibilities
What you’ll get to do:

• Ensuring rapid and high-quality execution of your team, shipping products at a fast pace.
• Scaling our back-end services to handle millions of customers and addressing challenges associated with operating at this scale.
• Making critical decisions on database structure, providing guidance to your engineers, and serving as a leader in ensuring best practices are taken in product development.
• Navigating dependencies in a fast-paced environment and acting as an engineering manager, with a significant focus on at least 60% hands-on support for your team.
• Collaborating with senior leadership and various departments to ensure seamless product launch and post-launch support.
• Holding technical deep dives, architecting the next phases of development, and driving the overall development of the product.
• Working with data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems to enhance product capabilities.
• Translates product requirements into architectural documents and diagrams.
• Maintains architectural documents and ensures it is always updated to reflect the current state of the application.
• Makes architectural decisions concerning any feature that’s to be added to an application.
• Ensures that the architectural direction of an application is in line with the strategic direction of the product.
• Performs code reviews and ensures efficient code engineering.
• Ensures applications are implemented using software engineering best practices.
• Responsible for the stability and reliability of products under his/her purview.
• Creates and enforces processes that improve developer efficiency and productivity.
• Participates in the screening of engineers for hire.

Requirements
To succeed in this role, we think you should have:

• B.Sc / BA Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• At least 8 – 10 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or similar role.
• 5+ years of Java and Spring boot experience.
• Exposure to building and shipping products at scale.
• A proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product lifecycle.
• The ability to assess and address technical risks.
• A solid technical background with hands-on experience in software development.
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture.
• Excellent knowledge of UML and other modeling methods.
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles.
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail.

Generic Skills:

• Problem-solving: Ability to assess complex problems, find solutions, and make sound decisions.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting.
• Adaptability: Able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, adjusting strategies as needed.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documenting technical requirements and ensuring all aspects of a project are accounted for.

Supervisory skills:

• Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring engineers, ensuring team growth and performance.
• Resource Allocation: Ability to assess bandwidth and manage resource distribution to optimize team performance.
• Feedback: Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth-oriented environment.
• Stakeholder Management: Lead project status reviews, manage expectations, and ensure smooth communication between teams and leadership.

What we can offer you

• Culture – We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning – We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation – You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave plus other benefits.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with the recruiter
• A take-home coding exercise.
• A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team (Coding and System Design).
• A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team (Depth of Architecture, Infrastructure, Databases).
• A leadership and product panel interview with the Program Manager.
• Cultural Fit Interview with the Business and Functional Lead.