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.
• Kenya is where our next chapter begins. Following our acquisition of Sumac Microfinance Bank, we're preparing to go live — which means the people we hire here help build a business from its first day, not inherit one. How we execute in Kenya will shape how we approach every market we enter after it, making this one of the most consequential engineering mandates in the business right now. This is the natural extension of our
• So, now we are looking for our Engineering Manager to join us in Kenya
• 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.

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