Tech Lead – Fintech at Safaricom Kenya

Detailed Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Business Engagement, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, team management, third party management and Partner Relationship Management.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Leading virtual teams to design and deliver financial systems
• Planning & design for scalable, flexible and resilient system;
• Development and implementation of the financial systems architecture and roadmap
• Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure;
• Implementation and integration of new hardware/software;
• Optimization of existing systems;
• Internal Process Improvement in accordance with ITIL and Agile standards;
• Change management
• Contributing towards innovation initiatives.
• Research and development of future technologies and solutions to need financial systems need

Qualifications

• Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
• 5 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).
• Software development skills in Java, python, C, and web technologies
• Development and management of database-based applications
• Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Dev Ops
• Experience in mobile money systems.
• Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP). Certifications will be an added advantage
• Proven Analytical & problem-solving skills;
• Must be able to work without supervision & meet tight deadlines/schedules;
• Good presentation skills required;
• Proactive & self-motivated;
• Good public relations, communication & interpersonal.