Engineering Lead - New Markets at Yoco

We are looking for an engineering lead to help us pioneer our journey into new markets in 2021 and beyond and lay the technical foundation for our international expansion ambitions.

As the engineering lead you will:

• Champion the needs of our international customer base through customer empathy, iteration, and service ownership.
• Write clean, testable code, which will be a model for the team around you.
• Technically lead a diverse portfolio of full-stack engineering projects.
• Oversee the development and live operation of systems related to our journey into new markets.
• Grow the team by hiring exceptional talent, coaching and developing engineers, cultivating pragmatic engineering decision-making, and leveraging your technical & managerial expertise to constantly raise the bar.
• Work with other leaders across multiple teams and departments to define the technical direction for the expansion business.
• Continuously develop relationships with product, engineering, expansion and other key stakeholders across teams and tribes.

Key requirements:

• A curious, passionate, growth-oriented mindset.
• A desire to teach, improve, and otherwise force multiply the strengths of the engineers that surround you.
• At least 2 years experience managing and mentoring engineers (including providing feedback, investing in the career growth of your team members and growing teams).
• Experience designing and building full-stack applications in complex environments.
• Good at driving accountability
• High-level thinker, but also detail-oriented when executing on projects
• Emotional intelligence, empathy, and ability to establish trusting and strong relationships