Engineering Manager

Job description

**Who we are** 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 Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually. **About the role** 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. **What you’ll get to do** - Own end-to-end delivery and execution across cross-functional teams within your product area, ensuring predictable and high-quality outcomes. - Evaluate business and product requirements for technical feasibility and architectural alignment, translating them into well-defined EPICs and technical user stories. - Partner closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers to continuously refine, groom, and prioritize the backlog. - Plan and drive sprint execution with clearly defined goals, using project planning tools to establish timelines, delivery milestones, and surface dependencies early. - Champion engineering processes and rituals that enable strong collaboration, accountability, and team efficiency. - Monitor team velocity and capacity to optimize resource allocation, proactively balancing bandwidth against delivery commitments. - Coordinate cross-team dependencies and stakeholder alignment to remove bottlenecks and maintain smooth execution. - Stay hands-on in critical initiatives by guiding design decisions, enforcing sound design patterns, and participating in code reviews to maintain high engineering quality. - Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and observability for all owned services, consistently meeting defined SLIs and SLOs. - Partner with Product Managers to define, track, and publish post-release product metrics, driving transparency and continuous improvement. **To succeed in this role, you should have** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. - 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. - Solid grasp of Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative delivery. - Demonstrated ability to translate complex product requirements into well-structured EPICs, user stories, and tasks. - Strong backend engineering expertise; exposure to frontend technologies is a plus. - Experience with project planning and tracking tools to visualize and manage delivery timelines. - Familiarity with engineering, product health metrics, and monitoring tools to drive data-informed decisions. - Hands-on capability to debug complex production issues, lead incident response, and conduct blameless RCA. - Good understanding of modern deployment practices, including CI/CD pipelines, release management, and associated metrics. - Ability to drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders, both technical and non-technical. - Excellent risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication skills. - Proven track record of improving team velocity, delivery predictability, and engineering excellence. **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](https://moniepoint.com/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. **What to expect in the hiring process** - A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters. - A live coding and code review session. - A system design and technical discussion round. - A project planning, execution, and product thinking round. - A behavioral and technical interview with the hiring manager. Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates. #LI-Remote