Manager, Software Engineering at Terawork

TERAWORK is the leading online talent marketplace in Africa that helps businesses thrive by connecting them with professional talent without geographical barriers. We have a pool of professionals with varying levels of expertise across tech, digital, business and lifestyle services.
 
Our client, a reputable Fintech company is seeking a competent and qualified professional to fill the position of Engineering Manager.  

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work with other senior stakeholders in drafting IT Strategy and defining tactics to achieve success and differentiation among competition.
• Create budget and manage  resources optimally to accomplish organizational goals.
• Analyze Requirements, Define Problems, and Propose Best Solution.
• Lead execution - Assign Tasks and Measure/Monitor individual and team progress.
• Design and implement business plans and strategies to promote the attainment of goals.
• Manage Products across its life cycle, deployment platforms, and multiple integrations to external subsystems and entities in the payment process chain.
• Manage Team to deliver solutions efficiently and effectively.
• Participate in Innovation and Creativity, coordinate departmental processes to meet regulation and ensure security of assets.
• Ensure support and continue improvement on payment platform to better end-users experience.
• Secure Code repository and participate in design, development and architecting products.
• Manage build process/pipeline, and ensure all code base are sufficiently documented.

TECHNICAL SKILL REQUIREMENT

• The candidate for this role must be hands-on and must demonstrate deep experience in a significant portion of the following technical areas
• Language Proficiency in C# or Java (including JavaScript to a lesser extent) a. Data Structure and Algorithms b. SQL Querying - TSQL, LINQ to SQL, Lambda, etc.  c. Concurrency, Multi-Threading, Delegates, Asynchronous Systems, etc.  d. Instrumentation and Logging. e. Secure Coding & Identity Management. 
• Backend Skills a. ASP. Net Core 6/7 & EF 6 for Restful Web API (if applicant is a C# developer). b. Java Spring Boot (if applicant is a Java Developer).  c. Automated Unit Testing – NUnit Test or JUnit Test
• At least JavaScript and One Frontend Skill a. MVC, Razor, or Blazor. b. View JS or Node Js.  c. React d. Angular
• Software Architecture Skills - Candidate must show significant knowledge in the following.  

        a. OOP, SOLID,
        b. Design Patterns:  

• Observer Pattern
• Singleton
• Abstract Factory and Factory Pattern
• Builder Pattern, Strategy Pattern, Decorator Pattern
• Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control
• MVC Pattern, Clean Architecture
• Advanced Programming Technologies:
• Development of Middleware
• Reactive Programming (Knowledge of at least one of: RX .NET, Reactive JS, RX Android, or RX C++, RX Swift)
• Cloud Computing:  Azure or AWS, or any other - not mandatory
• Some Developer Tools - VS Code, Visual Studio, Swagger, Fidler, Postman, Git, TFS, JetBrain Tools, JMeter, etc.
• One Mobile App Development Skill (Android, IOS, Flutter) - This is not mandatory but an added Advantage

Requirements

• A Sound University First Degree in a STEM field (or a Master Degree in Computer/Mathematics or Information Technology)
• Professional qualification is an advantage
• Minimum of 8 Years of experience in Information Technology Management (People, processes, and Technology Platforms/Tools)
• Evidence of Working in a Similar Role or leading teams in Payment Systems Environment (such as Banks, Fintech, of Similar Services)
• Must be Hands-On in Advanced Programming and must have managed projects that succeeded