Engineering Manager, RCL

FairMoney

. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, creating a high-performing and collaborative engineering culture .

Posted 9/22/2026full-timeLagos • NigeriaSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading and mentoring engineering teams while driving the design and delivery of scalable backend systems. Proficient in managing technical direction, ensuring code quality, and fostering a collaborative engineering culture within the fintech domain.

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Backend DevelopmentDistributed Systems DesignTeam LeadershipSoftware ArchitectureRelational Database Optimization

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Hard Skills

GolangReactSystem DesignAPIsMicroservicesAsynchronous SystemsCI/CDTestingMonitoringTechnical Project Delivery

Soft Skills

CommunicationStakeholder ManagementMentoringProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Cloud InfrastructureDevOps Practices

Industry Keywords

LendingCreditFintechPaymentsHigh-Volume Transactional Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsMicroservicesReactGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, creating a high-performing and collaborative engineering culture
Own the technical direction and delivery of systems supporting lending and credit products
Work closely with Product, Risk, Data, and other teams to define technical solutions and delivery priorities
Drive the design, development, and scaling of reliable backend services and distributed systems
Participate in architectural decisions and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and resilient
Set engineering standards around code quality, testing, deployment, observability, and system reliability
Support engineers with technical guidance, code reviews, architecture discussions, and complex problem-solving
Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues
Ensure effective planning, prioritisation, and timely delivery of engineering initiatives
Establish and track engineering metrics around delivery, quality, reliability, and operational performance
Support incident management and ensure effective root-cause analysis and follow-up
Coach engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, career development, and performance management
Participate in hiring and help build a strong engineering team

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend development
2+ years of experience managing or leading engineering teams
AI native development familiarity
Hands-on coding experience and contribution is must to have; expected to design and code the new system and lead with examples
Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and scalable backend applications
Experience working within lending, credit, fintech, payments, or a closely related financial domain
Strong understanding of relational database design, optimisation, indexing, and query performance
Strong knowledge of system design, software architecture, APIs, microservices, and asynchronous/event-driven systems
Proven experience delivering complex technical projects from design through production
Strong understanding of software development practices, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and production operations
Experience mentoring engineers and developing technical talent
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
Ability to balance technical quality, business priorities, and delivery timelines
Programming language: golang, react (some level of frontend development would be good to have)
Nice to have: experience building or scaling credit decisioning, loan management, repayment, collections, or risk systems
Nice to have: experience working with high-volume transactional systems
Nice to have: experience with cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices
Nice to have: experience leading distributed or geographically dispersed engineering teams
Nice to have: experience hiring and scaling engineering teams in a fast-growing organisation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Private Health Insurance
Pension Plan
Training & Development
Remote work
Paid Time Off