Solutions Architect and Engineering Manager

About the role

Lead the architecture, design, development, integration, and delivery of Telecel Cash technology solutions while managing a software engineering team to ensure secure, scalable, and high‑performing platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain architecture for Telecel Cash platforms, ensuring security, scalability, resilience, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Lead and mentor software engineering teams, establishing engineering standards, best practices, and code quality.
• Oversee end‑to‑end delivery of technology solutions, including integration with banks, payment partners, merchants, and third‑party platforms.
• Establish architecture governance, drive DevSecOps and CI/CD practices, manage technical debt, and improve platform performance.
• Provide technical leadership for major production incidents, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, vendors, and technology partners throughout project lifecycles.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 5–8 years of software engineering experience with at least 2–3 years leading engineering teams.
• Proven experience designing enterprise‑scale payment or fintech solutions.
• Strong understanding of mobile money, digital payments, financial services, or telecommunications.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.

Required skills

• APIs and microservices architecture
• Cloud platforms
• Integration technologies
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines
• Containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)