Roamtech is a licensed Content Service Provider by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to provide mobile phone content through the existing mobile telephone networks. We seek to harness the full Information Technology potential as we roll out cutting edge solutions and services that create unison in the various IT aspects and fields, creating reliability.
This is an Engineering Team Lead role for an individual 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.
Responsibilities (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.
Qualifications and Requirements
A BA/BSc/HND qualification is required, alongside the following experience and skills:
Required Experience and Skills
- 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.
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.
If you’re excited to lead impactful engineering teams in a global FinTech with startup energy, Roamtech welcomes your application.
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