Software Development Manager at Jumo World

Job description

We are motivated by an ambitious purpose and inspired by the exceptional people that we work with and we are looking for a Software Development Manager to join our Engineering team. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and will report to the Director // Engineering.

Purpose

Help create a world class engineering destination where highly talented engineers can solve a challenging set of problems to bring financial inclusion to underserved consumers throughout Africa.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a team of motivated engineers, whilst coding alongside the team, to achieve key deliverables of the highest standard.
• Own and drive the design and implementation process through agile methodology to build a highly robust and scalable platform.
• Collaborate with people across the business to deliver a financial system that is highly scalable, available and reliable, in line with business needs and product design.
• Be a thought leader in solving complex problems through being bold, generating ideas and creating an environment that enables innovation, in a way that drives ROI in line with business strategy.
• Ensure the optimal functioning and continual enhancement of our financial systems by responding rapidly to potential issues and changing business needs.

Capabilities

• Leadership
• Technical Excellence
• Communication and influencing skills
• Planning and Organizing
• Intellectually curious
• Innovative
• Problem solving
• Accountability and self-driven
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and designs

Key Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related field
• Understanding of basic financial concepts is desirable
• 10+ years of experience in software development with 5 in a leadership position and at least 2 years with a team of 10 or more
• 5+ years in an Agile development environment
• Hands on experience with enterprise class software running significant transactional volumes
• Experience with modern development language: Java, Ruby, Python or C++
• Experience working in Amazon Web Service environments (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk) is highly desirable
• Cloud based services background

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