Lead Software Engineer

Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. We started operations in 2002 as a transaction switching and electronic payments processing, and have progressively evolved into an integrated payment services company, building and managing payment infrastructure as well as delivering innovative payment products and transactional services throughout the African continent. At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Lead Software Engineer

Job Location: Lagos

About theJob

• This role will be responsible for building and managing software tools. The incumbent would manage a team of software developers, providing guidance and support to ensure that projects are completed on time and meet their requirements.
• This individual will be required to work collaboratively with other departments such as Operations, Technology, and Finance to understand the needs of the business and create solutions that meet those needs.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes complete design of moderately complex software applications or components, applying agreed standards, patterns, and tools.
• Assists as part of a team in the design of components for larger software systems.
• Specifies user/system interfaces.
• Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of various stakeholders and separately handle functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assists in evaluating options and trade-offs.
• Collaborates in reviews of work with others, as appropriate.
• Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends, and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
• Contributes to the selection of the software development approach for projects, choosing appropriately between plan-driven/predictive or adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches.
• Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result.
• Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues work.
• Reviews requirements and specifications, and defines test conditions.
• Designs test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping them back to predetermined criteria and recording and reporting outcomes.
• Analyzes and reports on test activities and results.
• Identifies and reports issues and risks associated with own work.
• Conducts tests as defined in an integration test specification and records the details of any failures.
• Analyzes and reports on integration test activities and results.
• Identifies and reports issues and risks.
• Investigates problems in systems, processes, and services.
• Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.
• Produces software builds from software source code.
• Applies data analysis, design, and modelling techniques to establish, modify, or maintain a data structure and its associated components (e.g., entity descriptions, relationship descriptions, attribute definitions).

Qualifications

• University Degree in the field of computer science or a "STEM" major (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) or a related field.

General Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing teams of software developers.
• Experience with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with database technologies such as SQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of the settlement and arbitration process in the financial services industry (desired).
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.