Engineering Manager, Markets - Kenya
Tala, Kenya

About Tala
Tala is a global technology company building the world’s most accessible financial services. With more than $350 million raised from visionary investors, we are serving millions of customers around the world who have been overlooked by traditional financial institutions and our plan is to serve millions more, and have been named by theFortuneImpact 20 list,CNBC’s Disruptor 50, andForbes’Fintech 50 list for four years running. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about the mission.
By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, more than 6 million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission of enabling financial agency for underbanked people around the world. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
The Engineering Manager, Markets- Kenya will lead an Engineering Squad to unlock financial capabilities for Tala’s customers and those globally underrepresented. As an Engineering Manager, you will own a functional or architectural domain, where you will lead a cross-functional team and collaborate with several other squads to provide customer value. The ideal candidate will have a track record of promoting a DevOps culture and acceptance test-driven development.
This is a technical leadership role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Director of Engineering - KE and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.What you’ll do:

• Bring together a full-stack team of Backend, Frontend, QA and SDETs to continually deliver on market initiatives with quality
• Own initiatives across squads to successfully deliver customer impact
• Continually improve the relationship and integration with our third party partners
• Contribute to the Engineering roadmap and help set the vision for the group
• Mentor and grow Engineers
• Direct reports performance management.
• Partner with Program Management to continually improve the SDLC and development processes
• Partner with Product Management to improve requirements gathering and Engineering’s understanding of what needs to be built
• Evaluate technical designs

Qualifications:

• 5+ years as an IC Engineer in Java, Scala, PHP, Go, Python
• 5+ years directly managing Software Engineer FTEs
• Delivered cross-functional products in a timely manner
• Worked with stakeholders to deliver on definitions of doneDeep experience building complex, scalable backend systems
• Have implemented and are familiar with RESTful API implementation, SOA and microservices
• Knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases (including best practices around design and modeling)
• Experience using open source technologies
• Experience utilizing AWS
• Excellent mentoring skills
• Ability to partner with non-technical business peers in meetings and working sessions.
• Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
• Strong communication and cooperation skills
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Experience working in and managing distributed teams
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
• Knowledge about common design patterns.

Added Advantage:

• Application security experience.
• DevOps experience.

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.