Head of Engineering – Field Verification

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nigeria.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Field Verification platform from start to finish.

• Transition the platform from a maintenance-focused operation to intentional, prioritized development.

• Lead and expand the existing cross-functional team while developing the organization as scope grows.

• Create trip and route optimization, task allocation, and capacity management solutions for field officers.

• Manage APIs, webhooks, and the back office utilized by other business units.

• Provide a native mobile experience tailored for field officers.

• Ensure that verification data is organized, auditable, and compliant with scrutiny requirements.

• Prepare for multi-country expansion.

• Collaborate with Product, onboarding, loans, compliance, and fraud business units.

• Establish architecture standards, engineering processes, and quality metrics.

• Recruit and nurture engineers and Engineering Managers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in hands-on development leading to engineering leadership roles.

• Proficiency across backend, web, and mobile disciplines.

• Proven track record in building platforms that cater to various distinct user groups and internal business units.

• Over 10 years of comprehensive software engineering experience.

• Significant hands-on experience in production engineering.

• Strong expertise in backend development.

• Familiarity with Java and Spring Boot.

• At least 5 years of experience in engineering leadership, including oversight of Engineering Managers.

• Ability to work collaboratively with product and business stakeholders to translate operational needs into engineering solutions.

• Experience with location and geospatial data, including map integrations, is a significant advantage.

• Knowledge in route, trip, or delivery optimization is a strong plus.

• Experience in building for compliance is a notable advantage.

• Familiarity with identity, KYC, or verification platforms is beneficial but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Greenfield opportunity on a system that already holds significance.

• Authority to construct the organization around a lean, skilled team.

• Exposure to backend, web, mobile, location data, compliance, and operational optimization.

• Join a mission-driven company that is dedicated to expanding access to financial services for millions of businesses and individuals.