Software Engineering Team Lead at Mukuru

What You’ll Own

• Lead & Elevate Your Team
• Mentor and guide a team of 2–5 engineers.
• Create a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Conduct performance conversations that drive growth and engagement.
• Foster collaboration across engineering and business teams.
• Drive Technical Excellence
• Take end-to-end technical ownership of CashOps products and solutions.
• Lead architecture decisions using .NET Core, microservices, domain-driven design, and hexagonal architecture.
• Ensure high-quality, secure, and scalable code.
• Champion CI/CD best practices and modern engineering standards.
• Deliver with Impact
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, DevOps, and Test Analysts in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Balance technical priorities with business needs.
• Influence cross-team alignment and negotiate trade-offs when required.
• Continuously optimise processes to improve efficiency and delivery speed.

What You Bring

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer or Team Lead.
• Strong hands-on expertise in .NET Core and microservices architecture.
• Solid understanding of domain-driven design and hexagonal architecture.
• Experience with Git, GitLab, or GitHub.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with DevOps and cross-functional teams.
• A proactive, solution-driven mindset with strong ownership.

What Makes This Role Exciting?

• You’ll shape critical CashOps systems that directly impact financial operations.
• You’ll influence architectural decisions at scale.
• You’ll grow and develop talented engineers.
• You’ll work in a high impact fintech environment solving real-world challenges.

Core Competencies

• Technical Leadership
• Architectural Thinking
• People Development & Coaching
• Agile Delivery Excellence
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Process Optimisation
• Ownership & Accountability