Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway

Moniepoint Group
Kenya
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Customer obsession","Systems thinking","Ownership","Candor"]

Own the technical direction and architecture of the Monnify payment gateway platform, guiding multiple engineering teams toward scalable, secure, reliable operations. Drive end-to-end developer experience across APIs, SDKs, documentation, and integration tooling, while evolving the platform toward multi-currency and international scalability. Partner with product, commercial, and operations teams and build engineering capability through hiring, mentoring, and setting quality standards in a regulated environment.

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Moniepoint Group
Moniepoint Group
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Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway

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Job Summary

Own the technical direction and architecture of the Monnify payment gateway platform, guiding multiple engineering teams toward scalable, secure, reliable operations. Drive end-to-end developer experience across APIs, SDKs, documentation, and integration tooling, while evolving the platform toward multi-currency and international scalability. Partner with product, commercial, and operations teams and build engineering capability through hiring, mentoring, and setting quality standards in a regulated environment.
Location: Kenya
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the full technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Monnify platform across capability areas.
  • •Lead multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, setting quality standards and building organizational capability.
  • •Own developer experience end-to-end, including APIs, documentation, SDKs, and integration ease.
  • •Drive platform evolution toward multi-currency and international scalability.
  • •Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and security within a regulated environment, partnering with product, commercial, and operations teams.

Key Requirements

  • •Over 10 years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
  • •At least 5 years of hands-on, production-level experience writing and shipping Java in practice as the engineer.
  • •At least 5 years of experience managing managers—leading an engineering organization through other engineering leaders.
  • •Experience in payments, fintech, or financial services products with a working understanding of payment flows and compliance.
  • •Strong backend experience building high-throughput, distributed transactional systems and deep knowledge of API-first products and developer platforms.
Experience:10+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial servicesDistributed systems
Skills:LeadershipCustomer obsessionSystems thinkingOwnershipCandor
Tech Stack:JavaSpringSpring BootDockerKubernetesPostgreSQLDynamoDBElasticsearchAWSMicroservicesAPIsSDKsDocumentation

Company Brief

Moniepoint Group
Provides digital payments, merchant services, agent banking, card issuance, and business banking solutions across Nigeria and other African markets, serving SMEs, merchants, and financial institutions with technology-first transaction and banking infrastructure.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Lagos, Nigeria
Founded: 2015
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