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Roamtech
Engineering Team Lead

Roamtech

Nairobi | Full Time | ICT / Telecommunication

Closing in 1 week from now

  • We are looking for an Engineering Team Lead who is passionate about technology, people, and delivering impactful products. You will lead a cross‑functional engineering team, guide technical execution, and ensure the team thrives in a high‑velocity environment. This role is both hands‑on and leadership‑focused.

What You will Do

Team Leadership & Culture

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a talented team of engineers.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement, and psychological safety.
  • Promote Roamtech’s values of innovation, agility, and learning.

Technical Leadership

  • Provide architectural guidance and ensure high‑quality engineering practices.
  • Drive technical decision‑making and ensure alignment with long‑term product vision.
  • Participate in design sessions, code reviews, and hands‑on coding when needed.

Execution & Delivery

  • Run efficient lean Scrum processes with your team.
  • Ensure predictable delivery of high‑impact features.
  • Remove blockers and empower the team to move fast without compromising quality.

Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data teams, and other engineering teams.
  • Facilitate effective communication and alignment across stakeholders.
  • Ensure engineering decisions support business goals and user needs.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Domain-Driven Design DDD principles, strategic and tactical patterns.
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams.
  • Experience in FinTech, payments, or high‑scale transactional systems.
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams.
  • If you’re excited to lead impactful engineering teams in a global FinTech with startup energy, we’d love to hear from you.
  • Apply now and help shape the future of financial technology at Roamtech.

Requirements

What We are Looking For

Required

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1–3 years in a leadership role.
  • Solid experience with PHP, including working with and modernizing legacy systems.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern backend language Go preferred.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native engineering; experience with GCP is a major plus.
  • Strong understanding of advanced engineering and architectural concepts — not just coding, but engineering system design.
  • Proven track record of shipping high-quality products in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong technical background in modern software development preferred: backend services, APIs, cloud technologies, or distributed systems.
  • Understanding of modern engineering architectures such as Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, Service-Oriented Architectures SOA, Event-Driven Architectures EDA, and Event Sourcing.
  • Experience with agile development, preferably lean Scrum.
  • Excellent communication and people-leadership skills.
  • Ability to balance delivery speed with technical excellence.

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