Head of Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Own our overall technical architecture and engineering strategy.
  
• Lead the final technical sprint towards production launch.
• Review and strengthen the existing application architecture and codebase.
• Own backend services, APIs, databases and real-time systems.
• Build and optimise the dispatch and rider-assignment infrastructure.
• Integrate and maintain payment infrastructure.
• Ensure reliable communication between customers, merchants, riders and internal operations.
• Own cloud infrastructure, monitoring, uptime and system reliability.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation and deployment.
• Build robust CI/CD and release processes.
• Own application security, data protection and access controls.
• Identify and eliminate technical bottlenecks before they become scaling problems.
• Work closely with Operations to translate real-world delivery problems into technical solutions.
• Work with Product and the CEO to prioritise the engineering roadmap.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead the engineering team as SHARRP scales.
• Establish engineering KPIs and delivery standards.
• Take ownership of technical incidents and lead root-cause analysis.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 2–3 years in a technical leadership, architecture, or engineering management capacity.
• Proven experience taking consumer-facing applications into production and scaling them reliably.
• Strong backend engineering experience with APIs, databases, and distributed or real-time systems.
• Strong understanding of mobile application architecture.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and production monitoring.
• Experience integrating Nigerian payment platforms such as Paystack or Flutterwave.
• Strong understanding of security, authentication, and data integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to make architecture decisions based on scalability, reliability, and business priorities.
• Strong debugging and incident-management skills.
• Experience building and managing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building marketplace, logistics, mobility, fintech, e-commerce, or delivery technology.
• Experience with mapping APIs, geolocation, route optimisation or dispatch systems.
• Experience handling high-concurrency or real-time applications.
• Experience scaling a startup product from early stage to significant transaction volume.
• Strong product thinking: you understand that engineering exists to solve customer and business problems, not simply to ship features.

What we are looking out for :

• Ownership: You don't wait for someone else to solve the problem; you identify it, take responsibility, and drive it to resolution.
• Speed: Move quickly without becoming careless; you understand that early-stage companies cannot afford unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Problem Solving: Comfortable dealing with problems that have no existing playbook.
• Data-Driven Thinking: Use numbers, evidence, and customer behaviour to make decisions.
• High Standard: Care about quality and don't consider "good enough" the default.
• Resourcefulness: Accomplish a lot with limited resources.
• Communication: Communicate clearly, directly, and early, especially when something is going wrong.
• Customer Obsession: Understand that every operational decision ultimately affects the customer experience.
• Commercial Awareness: Understand how your work connects to revenue, cost, retention and company growth.
• Builder Mindset: You are excited by the opportunity to build systems, teams, and processes from scratch.

Remuneration: NGN 500,000 – 800,000

Location: Lagos, Nigeria