Head of Engineering – Sales & Marketing Tools

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead engineering efforts for MonieCRM, the in-house workforce operations platform of Moniepoint, supporting a sales network of 50,000 members.

• Manage systems related to onboarding, network administration, pipeline and portfolio management, performance metrics, compensation, and sales support experiences.

• Supervise wallets, commission calculations, attribution processes, cashouts, and welfare fund management.

• Direct partner management, rewards and retention initiatives, as well as the marketing technology stack, including Braze engineering and customization.

• Modernize and re-architect rapidly developed legacy systems to ensure reliability and scalability for over 20 million users.

• Guarantee financial accuracy, involving precise and timely calculations of commissions and earnings, attribution, and payments.

• Expand the sales and marketing platform across various markets.

• Equip commercial teams with reliable tools to enhance their efficiency.

• Cultivate a high-performing engineering organization featuring a robust team of managers and senior engineers.

• Engage in system design, technical deep-dives, stakeholder management, leadership, and culture-fit interviews.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10–15 years of comprehensive software engineering experience.

• A minimum of 5 years in leadership roles guiding engineering teams through growth phases.

• Over 5 years of hands-on experience in writing and shipping Java code at a production level.

• At least 5 years of experience managing other engineers and leading an engineering organization.

• Demonstrated platform engineering experience at scale, building and operating complex distributed systems.

• Experience with legacy migrations and re-architecture projects for user bases exceeding 20 million.

• Strong backend engineering expertise in high-throughput, data-intensive distributed systems.

• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.

• Experience in managing and developing engineering teams consisting of 20 or more members.

• Familiarity with systems where financial accuracy is critical is a significant advantage.

• A background in fintech or payments is highly preferred.

• CRM or SalesTech experience is explicitly not necessary.

• Exposure to customer engagement or marketing automation platforms like Braze is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Proven track record of Customer Obsession, Craft, Systemization, Urgency, Ownership, No Ego, Candor, and Integrity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Control of the platform that powers the commercial engine of one of Africa's largest digital banks.

• Authentic platform modernization initiative with the autonomy and support to implement it successfully.

• A mission-driven organization that affects millions of businesses and individuals across Africa and beyond.

• An equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering diversity and an inclusive work environment.