Software Engineering Manager 35635

Job Title : Software Engineering Manager

Department : Digital

Reporting line : Head of Software Engineering

Location : Kampala or Nairobi

Job Grade : 17

About ENGIE Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading PayAsYouGo (PAYGo) and minigrids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative offgrid solar solutions for homes public services and businesses enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the minigrids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1800 employees operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin Cte dIvoire Kenya Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Uganda and Zambia) over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.

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Job Purpose / Mission

EEA is looking for a talented selfstarting tech lead to join the team to help deliver affordable solar power and financial services across Africa. This position offers a great opportunity to work alongside an elite team of engineers and business professionals and directly contribute to the success of a mission driven company with social and environmental impact. Candidates will get the opportunity to work in a diverse technology stack at scale and lead the evolution of at least one of our software products.

Responsibilities

Line management of a subset of the software development team 46 direct reports).

Contract management with external developers(freelancers) in collaboration with Head of Software Engineering

Work with engineering techlead to put in place clear performance management framework and provide actionable feedback and goals for the technical team

Grow and develop software engineers

establish upskilling and training path growth path

Structured coaching and mentorship plan

Institute processes to address performance gaps and ensure the team is technically competent

Together with techlead ensure effective onboarding of new engineers

Recruit software team for their pillar and maintain a pipeline of candidates

Together with tech leads resource Management to align with key delivery milestones

Actively participate and understand the ROI of engineering efforts understand the value creation and the priorities to the business.

Contributing to team culture (within the product team and broader digital team)

Communication

Technical excellence and knowledge sharing

Team bonding

At EEA we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help EEA realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports.

We believe that great leaders :

Deliver ambitious results : As a highperforming and accountable leader you create an environment enabling effective action and bold decisions which contribute to successful delivery of results.

Act with integrity : As an ethical leader you are honest respectful objective and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.

Inspire and mentor the team : As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.

Are accessible : as an accessible leader you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.

Ensure diversity and inclusion : as an inclusive leader you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.

Knowledge and skills

Experience :

At least 7 years of relevant experience of which 2 is in leadership role with proven track record of leading a high performing engineering team

Experience in resource management and capacity planning

Practical and thorough understanding of the various software development methodologies their application in different contexts and tradeoffs

Experience in hiring onboarding and maintaining pipeline of engineers. Demonstrated ability to create suitable conditions to retain talent

Knowledge of developer productivity tools and performance frameworks (DORA SPACE DevEx.. in the software space

Ability to identify and address process gaps culture issues and conflicts

Handson senior level competency of fullstack software development using relevant front and backend frameworks

Entrepreneurial and forward thinking with ability to recognize the impact of technology in business

Appreciation for detailed source code documentation and organized code structuring

Software deployment pipelines and best practice (CI / CD)

Excellent knowledge of computer algorithms and solid computer science fundamentals

Qualifications :

Bachelors or Masters in a relevant engineering discipline (Computer Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science preferred) or comparable

French is a plus

Background task : Sidekiq Celery RabbitMQ

Frontend : ActiveAdmin VueJS Angular

Search : Thinking Sphinx

Source Control : Gitlab selfhosted for git and CI / CD

Fresh Ideas Always welcome!

We thank all applicants for their interest however due to the large volume of applications we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without any regard to origin age name sexual identity orientation or preference religion marital status health disability political opinions union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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