Overview
Prospa is building the operating system for 40m Nigerian entrepreneurs. With our mobile app business owners can open a business bank account in 5 minutes and get powerful tools to run a business (Invoicing, CRM, Inventory, e-commerce +More).
Job Position: Engineering Manager
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Description
- We are looking for a talented Engineering manager to join our team.
- As a technical expert, you’ll not only provide technical oversight and leadership to major projects but also act as a functional manager. Owning the product and solution architecture, the role will place a key focus on quality control and code optimization.
- You will champion and influence best practices, and help ensure these are followed across the company.
- As a functional manager, your role will also include optimizing and reviewing the performance of teams, with an aim to increase the quality of engineering as a functional leader. To help us scale our engineering teams effectively, you will have close involvement with our hiring process.
Job Responsibilities
- Inspire, lead, shape, and grow a software engineering team.
- Manage and drive procurement for third-party products that your team depends on.
- Drive continuous improvement focusing on quality in own and partner teams.
- Prioritize and optimize for the highest speed in execution.
- Take calculated risks, collaborate with different stakeholders, and clearly communicate short and long-term consequences.
- Continuously develop relationships with product, engineering, and key stakeholders across teams and domains.
- Influence and drive software design and architecture.
Job Requirements
- Bachelors Degree (or above) in Computer Science/Maths/Physics/similar
- Experience building and leading a significant software engineering team(s) within a scaling organization
- Strong software architecture skills
- Strong coding ability with core skills in Python, Javascript or Java/Scala.
- Experience building and scaling high-achieving engineering teams
- Big picture thinking – correctly diagnosing problems and building innovative solutions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to partner closely with Product Owners and Business Heads
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online