Head of Engineering, Sales & Marketing Tools

About the role

Moniepoint is building a next‑generation, in‑house sales and marketing platform (MonieCRM) that powers a 50,000‑strong field sales network across Africa. As Head of Engineering you will own the modernization, reliability and financial correctness of this critical platform as it scales to over 20 million users.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the redesign and re‑architecture of legacy systems to improve scalability, reliability and performance.
• Ensure financial correctness for wallet, commission, cash‑out and welfare‑fund functionalities.
• Oversee the development of partner‑management, rewards, and marketing‑technology components, including Braze integration.
• Build and mentor a high‑performing engineering team through rapid growth phases.
• Define and enforce engineering best practices, quality standards and delivery processes.

Required profile

• 10–15 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 5 years leading engineering teams through growth and scaling.
• 5+ years of hands‑on, production‑level experience writing and shipping Java code.
• Strong track record of delivering large‑scale, mission‑critical platforms.

Required skills

• Java

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape a flagship product in a fast‑growing fintech.
• Leadership role with high impact on company revenue.
• Collaborative, mission‑driven culture focused on financial inclusion.