Tech Lead at CDL Human Resource

We are recruiting for a hands-on Tech Lead to anchor the Kenyan deployment of a new platform on behalf of our Client. This role will serve as a key technical liaison between our Client’s Ghana-based engineering team and the Kenyan market implementation team. You’ll lead local technical decisions, oversee frontend integration, and ensure seamless alignment with our Client’s backend architecture. This is a unique opportunity to lead a country-level technical platform while collaborating with an experienced product team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Liaison: Act as the bridge between our Client’s Ghana engineering team and the Kenyan implementation team.
• Frontend Oversight: Lead Kenya’s frontend implementation to ensure world-class user experience across mobile and web touchpoints.
• Project Deployment: Drive the local implementation of the platform, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality are met.
• API Integration &Documentation: Own the integration of backend APIs into frontend workflows; ensure proper documentation and handovers.
• Product & Infra Alignment: Work closely with the Ghana-based product managers and infra leads to align integration with core systems and 3rd party providers.
• Team Coordination: Collaborate with local partners, payment service provider, or partner devs involved in the deployment.
• QA/UAT Support: Manage end-to-end testing, ensure bug tracking, regression testing, and smooth go-live.

Requirements

• Technical Skills
• Strong frontend development experience (e.g. Vue.js, React, or Angular).
• Comfortable with Laravel/PHP-based backend systems — able to review code, troubleshoot, and collaborate effectively.
• Proficient in RESTful API design and integration.
• Familiar with infrastructure integration – especially in payments, mobile money, or digital wallet ecosystems.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git workflows, cloud deployment (e.g., AWS or Digital Ocean).

Leadership & Product

• 3–5+ years experience in software engineering, ideally in fintech or platform-based businesses.
• Experience leading deployments in cross-market or multi-country contexts.
• Excellent grasp of Agile delivery & product/project lifecycle management tools (Jira,Asana, etc.).
• Strong understanding of user-centered design in African consumer and agent-based environments.