About this role
The role is for Head of Engineering, POS Hardware, overseeing the software systems behind Moniepoint’s physical device operations. It involves setting the technical strategy for inventory, logistics, repair management and related tooling, with management of a distributed engineering team in a remote setup. The position supports Moniepoint’s global expansion and scales device operations across markets. It is aimed at experienced engineers who have managed large teams in fintech or regulated environments and have hands-on backend and Java development experience. The role focuses on making operational data visible, trustworthy and consistent across millions of POS terminals.
What you would do
- Drive platforming of inventory and supply chain systems to ensure consistent operational data across terminals.
- Hire, mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers for team growth.
- Lead an engineering organisation of about 25 engineers including managers, QA, SRE and data engineering.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate operational needs into engineering solutions.
- Bridge operational practice and software systems with operationally disciplined solutions.
- Define architecture standards, processes and quality metrics for reliability and data integrity.
- Own the technical strategy and architecture for inventory, logistics tools and repair management software.
What they are asking for
- 10–15 years of software engineering experience.
- At least 5 years leading engineering teams through growth phases.
- Experience in fintech or regulated industries with device management in payments.
- Product-minded approach to solving operational problems with engineering solutions.
- Strong backend engineering skills for data-intensive, distributed systems.
- 5+ years hands-on production experience writing and shipping Java code as a practising engineer.
- Experience managing managers and leading through other engineering leaders (not just individual contributors).
- Excellent stakeholder management and ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical leaders.
- Proven system design ability at large scale, managing hundreds of thousands of devices or more.
- Deep hands-on experience in supply chain, inventory, warehouse or logistics software at scale.
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