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About the job

• To lead a talented team of mobile engineers in the design, development, and deployment of robust, scalable, and secure Android Point-of-Sale (POS) applications, contributing to the overall mobile strategy and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of mobile engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
• Drive the design, development, testing, and deployment of cutting-edge Android POS applications using Kotlin.
• Architect and implement robust, scalable, and secure mobile solutions, ensuring high quality and performance.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other engineering teams to define requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Oversee the technical design and implementation of SDK integrations for various payment processing and hardware components.
• Utilize EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) knowledge to ensure compliance and best practices in payment solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards and best practices.
• Contribute to the overall mobile strategy and roadmap, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Stay abreast of emerging mobile technologies and industry trends, evaluating and recommending new tools and practices.

Academic Qualification(s):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Professional Qualification(s):

• Strong knowledge of architectural patterns and best practices for building scalable Android applications.
• Solid understanding of the Android SDK, different Android versions, and how to deal with screen sizes.
• Knowledge of EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) specifications and experience in implementing secure payment solutions.
• Experience with various Android Jetpack components.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

Experience (Number of relevant years):

• 5+ years of experience in mobile application development, with a strong emphasis on Android.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing Android applications using Kotlin is essential.
• Proven experience in leading or mentoring a team of software engineers.
• Demonstrable experience with Android Point-of-Sale (POS) development.
• Prior experience with integrating third-party SDKs, particularly for payment terminals, peripherals, or other POS hardware.

Bonus Points

• Experience with other mobile development frameworks such as Flutter or React Native
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and UI testing frameworks on Android.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of personal projects.

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About the job

• This role will be responsible for driving product strategy, market execution, customer experience, partner integrations, and operational efficiency for cross border payment and remittance services

Product Strategy & Design

• Define and evolve the vision and roadmap for remittance features tailored to intra-Africa and Diaspora -to- Africa corridors.
• Translate customer problems into scalable product solutions with high availability, low latency, and transparency.
• Continuously assess market trends, competitor landscape, customer needs, and regulatory dynamics to evolve the product.
• Define Product Strategy and Growth path

Product Development & Delivery

• Translate product strategy into actionable requirements and work closely with Engineering, Design, Operations, Compliance, and other teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Drive seamless integration of payout partners (wallets, bank accounts, cash pick-up, bill payments) in existing and new corridors.
• Prioritize feature backlog and lead Agile ceremonies for the product.

Growth & Performance

• Define and track key product metrics (KPIs) acquisition, retention, revenue, transaction success rates, turnaround time.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Business Development teams to drive customer adoption and market penetration
• Work closely with internal payments infrastructure, risk, and compliance teams to ensure operational excellence.

Operations & Treasury Integration

• Partner with treasury and finance teams to design seamless liquidity management and FX conversion flows.
• Understand and help define Operational Value Stream
• Build tools and workflows that support reconciliation, dispute resolution, and regulatory reporting.

Compliance & Risk

• Ensure full compliance to regulations in all corridors of operations
• Interface with internal risk teams to monitor velocity rules, fraud signals, chargeback trends, and transaction thresholds.
• Embed regulatory flexibility to support corridor-by-corridor compliance (e.g., BN in Nigeria, FCA in the UK, etc.).

Partnerships & Pay-out Infrastructure

• Collaborate with banking partners, mobile money operators, and pay-out aggregators across key corridors.
• Work with engineering to integrate APIs for cash pickup, mobile wallet disbursement, or direct- to-bank transfers.
• Co-design SLAs, fallback protocols, and alerting mechanisms to guarantee high delivery success rates.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as primary product lead in cross-functional forums with Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Marketing.
• Maintain strong relationships with third-party partners and regulators as required.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/ Computer/System/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering/ Computer Science or a related STEM discipline
• Certified Product Manager and/or Owner certification
• Scaled Agile Framework
• 5+ years’ experience building and/or operating remittance, cross-border payments, or treasury platforms.
• Deep understanding of fund flow, settlement, reconciliation, and FX mechanics in financial services.
• Prior experience working with treasury ops, compliance teams, and banking partners.
• Ability to write detailed product specs and process flows— especially around failure handling, retries, refunds, or reversals.
• Excellent communicator who can bridge the gap between engineering, finance, risk, and customer-facing teams.
• Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks governing remittances in key African and diaspora corridors.