Job Purpose/Mission 

• EEA is looking for a talented, self-starting tech lead to join the team to help deliver affordable solar power and financial services across Africa.
• This position offers a great opportunity to work alongside an elite team of engineers and business professionals and directly contribute to the success of a mission driven company with social and environmental impact.
• Candidates will get the opportunity to work in a diverse technology stack at scale and lead the evolution of at least one of our software products.

Responsibilities

• Line management of a sub-set of the software development team (4-6 direct reports).
• Contract management with external developers(freelancers) in collaboration with Head of Software Engineering
• Work with engineering tech-lead to put in place clear performance management framework and provide actionable feedback and goals for the technical team
• Grow and develop software engineers
• Establish upskilling and training path, growth path
• Structured coaching and mentorship plan
• Institute processes to address performance gaps and ensure the team is technically competent
• Together with tech-lead, ensure effective onboarding of new engineers
• Recruit software team for their pillar and maintain a pipeline of candidates
• Together with tech leads, resource Management to align with key delivery milestones
• Actively participate and understand the ROI of engineering efforts, understand the value creation and the priorities to the business.
• Contributing to team culture (within the product team and broader digital team)
• Communication
• Technical excellence and knowledge sharing
• Team bonding

Knowledge And Skills 

Experience:

•  At least 7 years of relevant experience of which 2 is in leadership role, with proven track record of leading a high performing engineering team
•  Experience in resource management and capacity planning
•  Practical and thorough understanding of the various software development methodologies, their application in different contexts and trade-offs
•  Experience in hiring, onboarding and maintaining pipeline of engineers. Demonstrated ability to create suitable conditions to retain talent
•  Knowledge of developer productivity tools and performance frameworks (DORA, SPACE, DevEx..) in the software space
•  Ability to identify and address process gaps, culture issues and conflicts
•  Hands-on, senior level competency of full-stack software development using relevant front and backend frameworks
•  Entrepreneurial and forward thinking with ability to recognize the impact of technology in business
•  Appreciation for detailed source code documentation and organized code structuring
•  Software deployment pipelines and best practice (CI/CD)
•  Excellent knowledge of computer algorithms and solid computer science fundamentals

Qualifications:

•  Bachelors or Masters in a relevant engineering discipline (Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science preferred) or comparable

Language(s): 

• English
• French is a plus