Engineering Team Lead

Job Description Who We Are Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest-growing company in Africa. Since 2019, Moniepoint's technology has powered over 3 million people, offering personal and business banking, payment, credit, and business management tools to help them succeed. Moniepoint processed $182 billion in 2023 and currently processes most of the POS transactions in Nigeria. Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth. About The Role As a Team Lead (Engineering), you'll lead a small team of 25 engineers while remaining hands-on in designing and delivering secure, scalable, and reliable systems. You will be pivotal in driving engineering excellence, ensuring compliance with financial standards, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment. You'll balance technical execution with people leadership, mentoring your team, shaping architecture, and ensuring projects are delivered with quality and speed. What You'll Get To Do Technical Leadership - Architect and deliver scalable, secure systems for financial transactions, payments, and data processing. - Guide technical design discussions, ensuring system performance, resilience, and maintainability. - Enforce best practices in code quality, testing, observability, and system reliability. - Stay up to date with emerging fintech technologies (APIs, open banking, fraud detection, blockchain) and lead adoption where relevant. - Participate in code reviews and contribute to critical components and services. Team Leadership & Collaboration - Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineersdeveloping both their technical and leadership capabilities. - Collaborate closely with Product, Risk, and Compliance teams to balance innovation with regulatory and security requirements. - Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and technical discussions to keep the team aligned and focused. - Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. Delivery & Execution - Own the end-to-end delivery of projectsfrom design and development to deployment and monitoring. - Ensure uptime, fault tolerance, and operational excellence for mission-critical financial systems. - Balance short-term delivery priorities with long-term technical sustainability. - Proactively identify risks (security, compliance, scalability) and implement mitigation strategies. To succeed in this role, you should have - 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role. - Proven experience building and maintaining distributed systems at scale. - Strong backend development skills in Java, Springboot Deep understanding of microservices, APIs, cloud infrastructure (GCP / any), and CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes - Solid knowledge of databases (Relational/NoSQL), caching, and asynchronous processing. - Familiarity with security best practices, encryption, and compliance standards (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, GDPR). - Experience working in FinTech, banking, or other regulated environments is a plus. What We Can Offer You - Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We've built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human. - Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks. - Compensation - You'll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits. What To Expect In The Hiring Process - A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters. - Hacker rank Assessment Test - Round 1: Coding Interview- Algorithm & DS, Databases, Principles & Patterns - Round 2: Software Design & Technical Deep Dive - Round 3: Hiring Manager Interview Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.