At Alert Microfinance Bank Limited, we have built our impressive growth on excellent service delivery in a uniquely customer friendly environment with professional staff, a robust information technology IT structure, very sound corporate governance, robust risk management process and a highly skilled management.
Role Summary
- The Head of Engineering will oversee engineering teams and ensure systems are secure, scalable, highly available, and compliant, while enabling rapid product innovation.
- This role collaborates closely with the CTO to bridge business strategy, product delivery, and engineering execution, making technology a competitive advantage.
Key Focus Areas
- Engineering leadership & strategy aligned with business goals
- Platform architecture (core transaction processing, payments, APIs, microservices)
- Agile delivery, DevOps & SRE practices
- Security, risk & regulatory compliance (PCIDSS, NDPR/GDPR, Open Banking, CBN)
- Team building, performance management & talent development
- Vendor, cost & infrastructure optimization
Required Experience
- 7+ years in software engineering, 3+ years in engineering management
- Strong FinTech / Banking / Payments background
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD & DevOps
- Handson expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, React, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Postgres
- Proven ability to scale highvolume, realtime transaction systems.
Success Metrics
- Platform uptime >99.9%
- Predictable engineering delivery
- Reduced production incidents & MTTR
- Strong security and regulatory audit outcomes
Method of Application
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