About this role
Head of Software Engineering
We're looking for a Head of Software Engineering to own and mature the technology platform behind SHARRP, taking the product from a working product to a reliable production platform while leading technical execution and building a high-performing team.
Company: Our client is a technology-driven food ordering and delivery platform connecting customers with restaurants and reliable delivery. They're building their founding team in Lagos and hiring across Operations, Merchant Success, Engineering, Marketing & Content, and Finance & Admin.
Responsibilities
- Own overall technical architecture and engineering strategy.
- Lead the final technical sprint towards production launch.
- Review and strengthen the existing application architecture and codebase.
- Own backend services, APIs, databases and real-time systems.
- Build and optimise the dispatch and rider-assignment infrastructure.
- Integrate and maintain payment infrastructure.
- Ensure reliable communication between customers, merchants, riders and internal operations.
- Own cloud infrastructure, monitoring, uptime and system reliability.
- Own architecture, infrastructure, engineering quality, reliability, security and technical execution across the customer app, rider experience, merchant platform and internal operations systems.
Requirements
- Experience taking a product from working prototype to reliable production platform.
- Ability to make architectural decisions and establish engineering standards.
- Capability to get into the code when necessary and to review and strengthen codebases.
- Experience building and leading a high-performing technical team.
Additional details:
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Employment type: Full-Time
- Salary: Range ₦500,000 – ₦800,000