• Application Deadline:
• Position: Software Engineering Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 6 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Description

• This is a full-time, salaried role, based in Lagos, Nigeria.


• A Software Engineering Manager to lead, mentor and manage multiple agile teams comprised of software engineers, team leads and product managers.


• Strategic in developing initiatives and setting time tables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services. 


• Manage in an agile scrum environment and lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects, providing solutions  


• Manage a broad portfolio of diverse technology projects to provide web, mobile and integration solutions  


• Manage application/software development; work with teams on challenging architectural problems to deliver innovative, high quality products on a foundation of engineering excellence  


• Develop a best in class scalable SaaS solution, leveraging the Cloud  


• Provide architectural guidance; prioritize issues and lead the charge on challenging bugs, when needed  


• Engage with key leaders to drive the vision and overall priorities to deliver quality products  


• Communicate and translate vision/strategy to the team executing on functional and business goals for the team  


• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of Engineers and Data Scientists to deliver high quality SaaS products  


• Responsible for the delivery of superb products and systems; making certain excellent code is shipped, strive for engineering excellence and supported by teams that are building, testing and deploying leading edge solutions  


• Drive the full software development life-cycle, set strategy and allocate appropriate resources to maximize ROI  


• Prioritize workload, shift attention when priorities change and advocate when workload should not change. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science (6+ years if no University degree)  


• 4+ years of combined experience in software engineering leadership; managing, architecting and deploying SaaS applications in a cloud-based infrastructure  


• 4+ years of experience utilizing agile development and scrum methodologies  


• Scrum Master a plus (NOT required)  


• 1-3 years of experience building consumer web and mobile software solutions  


• 2-4 years of people management with demonstrated experience in building and motivating large teams  


• An understanding of security issues facing SaaS platforms and effective mitigation  


• Solid technical background with experience in building next generation architectures and solutions  


• Strong organizational planning and development, business judgment, influential skills and technical leadership  


• Ability to take part in code reviews, drive architecture, engage in design discussions and final solution selection  


• Strong record in building high performing organizations through people development and empowered teams  


• Experience with SaaS technologies and a track record of delivering high quality products  


• Excel at leading, managing, and building high functioning teams; and leading front-line technical contributors  


• Ability to foster alignment of values, missions, and operational best practices  


• Outstanding communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.