Engineering Manager

Moniepoint Inc. (Formerly TeamApt Inc.)

Engineering Manager driving successful project delivery within cross-functional teams for Africa’s leading financial platform. Ensuring collaboration and high-quality outcomes through effective technical management.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇱 PolandSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end delivery and execution across cross-functional teams within your product area, ensuring predictable and high-quality outcomes.
Evaluate business and product requirements for technical feasibility and architectural alignment, translating them into well-defined EPICs and technical user stories.
Partner closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers to continuously refine, groom, and prioritize the backlog.
Plan and drive sprint execution with clearly defined goals, using project planning tools to establish timelines, delivery milestones, and surface dependencies early.
Champion engineering processes and rituals that enable strong collaboration, accountability, and team efficiency.
Monitor team velocity and capacity to optimize resource allocation, proactively balancing bandwidth against delivery commitments.
Coordinate cross-team dependencies and stakeholder alignment to remove bottlenecks and maintain smooth execution.
Stay hands-on in critical initiatives by guiding design decisions, enforcing sound design patterns, and participating in code reviews to maintain high engineering quality.
Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and observability for all owned services, consistently meeting defined SLIs and SLOs.
Partner with Product Managers to define, track, and publish post-release product metrics, driving transparency and continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
8-10 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or in a similar hands-on technical role.
5+ years of strong experience building production systems using Java and Spring Boot.
Minimum 3 years of proven engineering leadership experience managing high-performing teams.
Solid grasp of Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative delivery.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex product requirements into well-structured EPICs, user stories, and tasks.
Strong backend engineering expertise; exposure to frontend technologies is a plus.
Experience with project planning and tracking tools to visualize and manage delivery timelines.
Familiarity with engineering, product health metrics, and monitoring tools to drive data-informed decisions.
Hands-on capability to debug complex production issues, lead incident response, and conduct blameless RCA.
Good understanding of modern deployment practices, including CI/CD pipelines, release management, and associated metrics.
Ability to drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
Excellent risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication skills.
Proven track record of improving team velocity, delivery predictability, and engineering excellence.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Software DevelopmentBackend EngineeringTechnical User Story CreationIncident ResponseCI/CD PracticesMonitoring ToolsData-Informed Decision MakingRisk ManagementDependency TrackingCode Review

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CommunicationTeam CollaborationAccountabilityProblem SolvingLeadership