Engineering Manager

Moniepoint

Who we are   Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month.  As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually.   About the role As an Engineering Manager, you will drive the successful delivery and execution of projects within your teams. You will manage end-to-end technical planning, ensuring that product requirements are translated into actionable tasks, while orchestrating collaboration between various stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, QA, and UX. This role requires a deep understanding of software design and development and the ability to plan, execute, and deliver product features in a timely and predictable manner. You will also be responsible for maintaining high technical standards, managing team bandwidth, and ensuring project milestones are met with efficiency and accuracy. What you’ll get to do * 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.   To succeed in this role, you should have * 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.   Generic Skills * Problem-solving: Ability to assess complex problems, find solutions, and make sound decisions. * Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting. * Adaptability: Able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, adjusting strategies as needed. * Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documenting technical requirements and ensuring all aspects of a project are accounted for. Supervisory skills * Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring engineers, ensuring team growth and performance. * Resource Allocation: Ability to assess bandwidth and manage resource distribution to optimize team performance. * Feedback: Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth-oriented environment. * Stakeholder Management: Lead project status reviews, manage expectations, and ensure smooth communication between teams and leadership. What we can offer you * 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. What to expect in the hiring process * A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters. * A live coding and code review session. * A system design and technical discussion round.  * A project planning, execution, and product thinking round. * A behavioral and technical interview with the hiring manager. Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.   #LI-Remote

Moniepoint

Who we are Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month.  As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually. About the role As an Engineering Manager, you will drive the successful delivery and execution of projects within your teams. You will manage end-to-end technical planning, ensuring that product requirements are translated into actionable tasks, while orchestrating collaboration between various stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, QA, and UX. This role requires a deep understanding of software design and development and the ability to plan, execute, and deliver product features in a timely and predictable manner. You will also be responsible for maintaining high technical standards, managing team bandwidth, and ensuring project milestones are met with efficiency and accuracy. What you’ll get to do * 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.   To succeed in this role, you should have * 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.   Generic Skills * Problem-solving: Ability to assess complex problems, find solutions, and make sound decisions. * Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting. * Adaptability: Able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, adjusting strategies as needed. * Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documenting technical requirements and ensuring all aspects of a project are accounted for. Supervisory skills * Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring engineers, ensuring team growth and performance. * Resource Allocation: Ability to assess bandwidth and manage resource distribution to optimize team performance. * Feedback: Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth-oriented environment. * Stakeholder Management: Lead project status reviews, manage expectations, and ensure smooth communication between teams and leadership. What we can offer you * 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. What to expect in the hiring process * A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters. * A live coding and code review session. * A system design and technical discussion round.  * A project planning, execution, and product thinking round. * A behavioral and technical interview with the hiring manager. Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.   #LI-Remote

Gitlab

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ROLE The Engineering Manager on the Duo Chat team helps shape the core AI capabilities behind GitLab Duo Chat, so customers can work faster and more securely across the GitLab DevSecOps platform. In this role, you will manage a team of engineers building AI-powered product experiences that span the software development lifecycle, while staying close to the technical work that informs strong engineering judgment. You will play a key role in how the team delivers scalable, reliable, and high-quality AI features, from roadmap execution to stronger testing, performance, and developer clarity. Some examples of our projects: * Extend capabilities of the Duo Agent Platform agentic chat regarding agentic capabilities, UI and context management * Integrate new agentic generative AI models and providers into GitLab Duo Chat to expand capabilities and improve answer quality * Improve debugging, observability, and test coverage for AI-powered chat workflows to maintain reliability at scale   WHAT YOU’LL DO * Manage a team of experienced frontend, backend, and AI engineers to deliver GitLab Duo Chat roadmap commitments across the DevSecOps lifecycle. * Partner with product and UX teams to define requirements and deliver AI features that address customer needs and improve answer quality. * Participate in technical architecture and development work for systems that run AI agents at scale, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. * Guide day-to-day execution by setting clear direction, tracking progress against milestones, and removing blockers to keep delivery on schedule. * Coach engineers through feedback, guidance, and development conversations that foster each engineer's growth and overall team performance. * Promote a team culture grounded in curiosity, inclusion, accountability, and steady delivery against team goals. * Improve quality, testing, and performance practices that increase coverage, strengthen observability, and keep AI-powered chat workflows reliable in production. WHAT YOU’LL BRING * Experience managing engineering teams in a distributed environment and enabling strong team execution. * Strong software engineering foundation with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and evaluate engineering tradeoffs. * Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI or generative AI applied to software development workflows. * Ability to work effectively through ambiguity, changing requirements, and fast-moving product development. * Clear communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders. * Dedication to coaching engineers and creating an inclusive, constructive team environment. * Comfort balancing people management with technical involvement in day-to-day development. * Openness to transferable experience from different technical backgrounds if it aligns with managing AI-powered product teams. ABOUT THE TEAM We are part of GitLab's AI Engineering organization and own the AI-powered chat experience embedded across the GitLab platform. We include backend, frontend, and AI specialists who work asynchronously across time zones using issues, merge requests, and documentation as core collaboration tools. Our focus is to expand generative AI capabilities, improve the performance and reliability of chat workflows, and strengthen the debugging and testing foundations needed to enable AI features safely at scale. For more on how we work, see the Team Handbook Page. HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental Leave  Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.   Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. 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