Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month.
• As an Engineering Manager, you will drive the successful delivery and execution of projects within your teams. You will manage end-to-end technical planning, ensuring that product requirements are translated into actionable tasks, while orchestrating collaboration between various stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, QA, and UX. This role requires a deep understanding of software design and development and the ability to plan, execute, and deliver product features in a timely and predictable manner. You will also be responsible for maintaining high technical standards, managing team bandwidth, and ensuring project milestones are met with efficiency and accuracy.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers to continuously refine, groom, and prioritize the backlog.
• Stay hands-on in critical initiatives by guiding design decisions, enforcing sound design patterns, and participating in code reviews to maintain high engineering quality.
• Partner with Product Managers to define, track, and publish post-release product metrics, driving transparency and continuous improvement.
• 8-10 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or in a similar hands-on technical role.
• 5+ years of strong experience building production systems using Java and Spring Boot.
• Minimum 3 years of proven engineering leadership experience managing high-performing teams.
• Experience with project planning and tracking tools to visualize and manage delivery timelines.
• Hands-on capability to debug complex production issues, lead incident response, and conduct blameless RCA.

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