Engineering Manager at Decagon

About the Job

• We are looking to hire an Engineering Manager who is passionate about building great products and has experience managing a team.
• Mission: You will be responsible for designing and delivering solutions to improve the placement business, improving the quality of our vetting process and managing our placement process by building a solid pipeline of high-quality developers.

Job Description

• Oversee the engineering team, design products, and provide technical oversight for the organization.
• Mentor and train others in the tools, work techniques, and skills required to accomplish work assignments.
• Train engineering functions to improve process skills related to Quoting and Program Engineering activities to acquire and onboard new customers and programs.
• Provide coaching to recruiters and interview candidates for our placement business.
• Define, develop and implement a New Products Introduction system that assures success during program launch.
• Create new processes and procedures or update current ones to address and provide a foundation for continuous improvement.
• Review and analyze customer needs and verify compliance with the proposed technical solution.
• Have direct contact with the Customer, handling action items and preparing status reports, as required.

Qualifications
Preferred Years of Experience:

• At least 10 years of technical experience with multiple programming languages like Java, Node, C#.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading engineering teams.

Skill Sets:
The candidate should have good knowledge of the following:

• Networking.
• Operating systems.
• Cloud services like AWS and GCP.
• Data structures and algorithms.
• Database design.
• Linux system administration.
• Software architecture.
• Design patterns.
• Requirement engineering.
• Automated testing.
• Code review.
• DevOps.
• Experience with Java & Java Script is compulsory.
• Ability to take ownership of design processes.
• Attention to detail and time management skills.
• Strong team leadership and management skills.

Benefits of Working at Decagon

• Decagon offers an energized, upbeat environment that strongly fosters employee work-life balance.
• A work culture that rewards goal-oriented professionals who enjoy meeting challenges head-on.
• Great/flexible work culture - as long as you get the work done.
• Amazing personal growth experience - at one of the fastest-growing start-ups in Nigeria.
• Pension and health plan.
• Working with a motivated and talented team.
• More importantly, an opportunity to transform the Software Engineering ecosystem in Nigeria and beyond.