About the role
From the employer’s listing · Moniepoint · posted 5 October 2026
Who we are
Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month.
As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually.
About the role
As an Engineering Manager, you will drive the successful delivery and execution of projects within your teams. You will manage end-to-end technical planning, ensuring that product requirements are translated into actionable tasks, while orchestrating collaboration between various stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, QA, and UX. This role requires a deep understanding of software design and development and the ability to plan, execute, and deliver product features in a timely and predictable manner. You will also be responsible for maintaining high technical standards, managing team bandwidth, and ensuring project milestones are met with efficiency and accuracy.
What you’ll get to do
- Own delivery and execution within the Site Reliability Engineering tooling team. Evaluate product requirements for feasibility and ensure they align with the existing product architecture, translating them into EPICs and technical stories. Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to refine and groom tasks.
- Plan and organize sprints with clearly defined goals, using project planning tools to establish timelines, and delivery milestones, and identify task dependencies early. Foster engineering processes that promote seamless collaboration and teamwork.
- Track team velocity to ensure resources are effectively allocated, balancing bandwidth with task demands. Coordinate alignment and manage dependencies across multiple stakeholders to prevent bottlenecks and ensure smooth execution.
- Contribute to critical projects by ensuring appropriate design patterns and coding techniques are applied. Remain hands-on, participating in code reviews to uphold high-quality standards.
- Ensure monitoring and observability are in place for all owned services, meeting defined SLIs/SLOs. Partner with Product Managers to track and publish post-deployment product metrics, ensuring transparency with key stakeholders.
To succeed in this role, you should have
- Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or similar role.
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
- A minimum of 3 years of leadership experience is a must.
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies, sprint planning, and backlog management.
- Expertise in breaking down complex pr