Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 13 days ago

Engineering Manager (RCL)

Workable (global search)108,016 open roles

Where
Lagos, LA, Nigeria
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowEngineering Manager (RCL)Workable (global search) · Lagos, LA, Nigeria

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Workable (global search)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Workable (global search) postings stay open a median of 7 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.6%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 7.9%7 days
  4. 14.9%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 13 days ago

Workable (global search) median: 7 days open

The posting

FairMoney is a pioneering mobile banking institution specializing in extending credit to emerging markets. Established in 2017, the company currently operates primarily within Nigeria, and it has secured nearly €50 million in funding from renowned global investors, including Tiger Global, DST, and Flourish Ventures.

In alignment with its vision, FairMoney is actively constructing the foremost mobile banking platform and point-of-sale (POS) solution tailored for emerging markets. The journey began with the introduction of a digital microcredit application exclusively available on Android and iOS devices. Today, FairMoney has significantly expanded its range of services, encompassing a comprehensive suite of financial products, such as current accounts, savings accounts, debit cards, and state-of-the-art POS solutions designed to meet the needs of both merchants and agents.

FairMoney thrives on its diverse workforce, bringing together talent from over 27 nationalities. This multicultural team drives the company’s mission of reshaping financial services for underserved communities to gain deeper insights into FairMoney’s pivotal role in reshaping Africa’s financial landscape, we invite you to watch informative video.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers responsible for building and scaling reliable technology solutions for our lending and credit products.

You will combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, working closely with Product, Data, Risk, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. You’ll be responsible for engineering execution, technical direction, team development, and the reliability of the systems your team owns.

Requirements

What You’ll Do

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, creating a high-performing and collaborative engineering culture.
  • Own the technical direction and delivery of systems supporting lending and credit products.
  • Work closely with Product, Risk, Data, and other teams to define technical solutions and delivery priorities.
  • Drive the design, development, and scaling of reliable backend services and distributed systems.
  • Participate in architectural decisions and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and resilient.
  • Set engineering standards around code quality, testing, deployment, observability, and system reliability.
  • Support engineers with technical guidance, code reviews, architecture discussions, and complex problem-solving.
  • Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues.
  • Ensure effective planning, prioritisation, and timely delivery of engineering initiatives.
  • Establish and track engineering metrics around delivery, quality, reliability, and operational performance.
  • Support incident management and ensure effective root-cause analysis and follow-up.
  • Coach engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, career development, and performance management.
  • Participate in hiring and help build a strong engineering team.

What We’re Looking For

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend development.
  • 2+ years of experience managing or leading engineering teams.
  • AI native development familiarity
  • Hands-on coding experience and contribution is must to have, you would be expected to design and code the new system and lead with examples.
  • Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and scalable backend applications.
  • Experience working within lending, credit, fintech, payments, or a closely related financial domain.
  • Strong understanding of relational database design, optimisation, indexing, and query performance.
  • Strong knowledge of system design, software architecture, APIs, microservices, and asynchronous/event-driven systems.
  • Proven experience delivering complex technical projects from design through production.
  • Strong understanding of software development practices, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and production operations.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and developing technical talent.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Ability to balance technical quality, business priorities, and delivery timelines.

Nice to Have

  • Experience building or scaling credit decisioning, loan management, repayment, collections, or risk systems.
  • Experience working with high-volume transactional systems.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience leading distributed or geographically dispersed engineering teams.
  • Experience hiring and scaling engineering teams in a fast-growing organisation.

Programming language: golang, react (some level of frontend development would be good to have)

Benefits

  • Private Health Insurance
  • Pension Plan
  • Training & Development
  • Remote work
  • Paid Time Off

Recruitment Process

  • HR Screening: 30 minutes
  • Hiring Manager Interview: 30 minutes
  • Technical interview with the Engineering team: 60 minutes.
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Workable (global search)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Workable (global search)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Workable (global search)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.