Head of Engineering, Field Verification

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

📋 Description

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

• Transition the platform from maintenance mode to intentional, prioritized development.

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

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

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

• Provide a native mobile experience for field officers.

• Ensure that verification data is well-structured, auditable, and compliant with regulatory standards.

• Plan for multi-country expansion.

• Collaborate with Product, onboarding, loans, compliance, and fraud departments.

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

• Recruit and nurture engineers and Engineering Managers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Hands-on experience in building systems, progressing into leadership roles from engineering.

• Proficient across backend, web, and mobile technologies.

• Experience in creating platforms that cater to various distinct user groups and internal business units.

• Demonstrated adaptability and problem-solving skills across different industries.

• Over 10 years of experience in software engineering.

• Significant hands-on experience in production engineering.

• Strong expertise in backend technologies, with a focus on Java and Spring Boot.

• A minimum of 5 years in engineering leadership, including experience managing 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 highly advantageous.

• Familiarity with route, trip, or delivery optimization is a significant plus.

• Experience in compliance-related projects is a strong advantage.

• Knowledge of identity, KYC, or verification platforms is a plus but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Opportunity to influence the technical direction for a greenfield initiative on a system that is already impactful.

• Authority to build and expand the organization.

• Involvement in a wide range of areas including backend, web, mobile, location data, compliance, and operational optimization.

• Mission-oriented work aimed at enhancing access to financial services for millions of businesses and individuals.