Head Engineering
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Job summary
The Head of Engineering will be leading the engineering organisation for our client, a tech company building products across multiple platforms, through its next stage of growth, owning technical strategy, architecture, AI integration, and building a high-performing engineering team.
Min Qualification:
Degree
Experience Level:
Executive level
Experience Length:
10 years
Language Requirement:
English
Working Hours:
Full Time - 8 to 5
Applicant Location:
Lagos, Nigeria
Job descriptions & requirements
Responsibilities:
- Set engineering strategy - define the roadmap in line with business priorities and lead engineering across all product portfolios.
- Own technical architecture - guide decisions on microservices, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems, balancing performance, scalability, security, and cost.
- Drive predictable delivery - partner with Product and Design to plan effective releases, remove blockers, and balance shipping speed with quality.
- Champion engineering excellence - set standards for code quality, testing, and documentation, and track metrics on delivery, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Own infrastructure security and uptime - establish standards for cloud infrastructure, incident response, and disaster recovery, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
- Guide AI integration - define the AI-native product development approach and integrate LLMs and intelligent automation where they create meaningful value.
- Build the data platform function - lead the Data team to ensure well-governed data infrastructure that supports analytics and reporting.
- Build and scale the engineering organisation - define team structures, recruit and retain talent, and create career paths across technical and management tracks.
- Develop engineering leaders - coach Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and senior engineers while embedding a culture of ownership and continuous learning.
- Act as a key cross-functional and executive partner - communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and ensure Engineering stays aligned with company strategy.
Requirements:
- 10 years in software engineering, with significant experience leading engineering teams and complex technology products.
- High-growth, complex environment experience - SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, or similar, leading teams across multiple products, platforms, or technology domains.
- Strong architectural background - designing and scaling production-grade systems, with solid understanding of backend, frontend, API, cloud, database, and distributed-system architecture.
- Cloud & infrastructure expertise - strong experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS), CI/CD, deployment, testing, observability, reliability, and security across the SDLC.
- Large-scale technical ownership - experience managing technical products, technical debt, architecture evolution, and major engineering initiatives.
- AI/ML experience is a strong plus - particularly AI-native product development.
- Strong soft skills - analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree is a plus.
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