Description
Moniepoint is hiring a Head of Engineering, Rewards based in Remote, Kenya. Rewards is one of the most strategically important platforms at Moniepoint, and it is being built into a dedicated charter with its own engineering and product leadership. The platform sits at the centre of our retention strategy across a user base of approximately 23 million people. Today the platform does one thing: cashback. It works, but it has barely scratched the surface of what rewards can be, and the cashback product itself is not yet built to the depth it deserves. The ambition is to evolve it into a full rewards, retention, engagement and personalisation platform — and to do that across the full 360 degrees of our network. That means rewards for our business customers, rewards for our consumer customers, and…
About Moniepoint
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.
Requirements
Direct-to-consumer product engineering at scale. You have built and shipped products used directly by large consumer audiences, and you understand what moves engagement and retention. This is the defining requirement of… Genuine front-end and mobile depth. You have led or personally built consumer-facing mobile and web experiences. A backend-only background, however strong, is not what this role needs. Experimentation and growth engineering. Hands-on experience running A/B tests, feature flagging, and measurement frameworks, and using the results to drive product decisions rather than to justify them. At least 5 years of experience managing managers — leading an engineering organisation through other engineering leaders, not a single team. Hands-on technical leadership. You are still close to the code. We expect a meaningful proportion of hands-on engineering time and technical credibility with the engineers you lead. 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, with at least 5 years leading engineering teams through growth phases. Comfort with our backend environment — Java and Spring Boot — and the ability to lead backend engineers credibly, even if it is not where your own depth sits. Experience building and scaling an engineering organisation from a small base, including hiring and developing Engineering Managers. Strong collaboration with commercial stakeholders — growth, marketing and sales — and the ability to translate business objectives into engineering work. Rewards, loyalty, gamification, personalisation or growth platform experience is a strong advantage but is not required.
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