Head of Engineering

Job description:

Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 12 – 25 years
Location: Lagos

Company: Myjobmag

Job Objective:

To build and continually improve the mobile and web app aligned with business strategy and customer feedback.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as a technical mentor for Senior & Junior engineers (Frontend, Backend, SRE, QA & DevOps).
  • Lead the delivery of large feature sets alongside the team.
  • Independently lead feature discovery for product development.
  • Publish technical blogs and speak at conferences. Interface with customers and provide technical direction to stakeholders.
  • Propose and drive technical and process improvements.
  • Contribute to and ensure the psychological safety of the team.
  • Author architecture documents for large and complex stories.
  • Hold team members accountable within their roles, ensuring timely and quality deliverables.
  • Develop standards and procedures to ensure quality assurance is met and maintained.
  • Collaborate across the entire product lifecycle, from concept to execution.
  • Recommend new technologies and approaches to improve sprint efficiency.

Skills:

  • Serve as a polyglot programmer, with expertise in multiple programming languages.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems.
  • Experience with multi-model databases (SQL, NoSQL).
  • Proficient in API technologies (REST, JSON, RPC), including API and semantic versioning (Semvar).
  • Expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
  • Skilled in TDD/BBD testing frameworks.
  • Proficient in Agile methodologies.
  • Experience in the following technologies: ReactJS, Golang, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Prisma, MongoDB, Spinnaker Pipelines, GraphQL, Rest API, Google Cloud Platform, Cassandra DB, CI/CD, Apache Pulsar, JIRA, and others.
  • Demonstrated mentorship and leadership abilities.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.

Key Deliverables:

  • Work effectively in global/multicultural teams.
  • Willingness to manage the team.
  • Reside in the Nigeria.
  • Release MVP features to market.
  • Ensure the stability of the app by maintaining minimal downtime, tight security, and minimum bugs.
  • Build a high-performance team capable of shipping and iterating quickly on the product roadmap, including:
  • CRM integration for customer support and operations.
  • Development and integration of all compliance requirements into the platform.
  • Integrating product analytics to better understand user behavior.
  • Rolling out other currencies (e.g., Dollar) on the platform.
  • Launching credit/loan features.
  • Rolling out investment features.

Education:

+Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

+Relevant technology certifications

Salary: N10 million naira per month
 
To apply, kindly visit the link below:

https://www.myjobmag.com/job-application/861027