Role description
About Yassir:
Yassir is the “super app” category leader in French-speaking Africa (currently available in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), using on-demand services such as ride hailing and last mile delivery, which solve important and immediate needs, so to build unconscious trust in order to fuel financial services for this large but previously underserved population (+80% unbanked without large scale on demand services).
About the Role:
We are looking for an engineering manager to lead our engineering department and help us build great products. You’ll also manage our infrastructure and ensure all internal systems operate securely and effectively.
To be successful in this role, you should be confident managing our teams while, at the same time, setting goals, budgets and timelines for various projects. We also expect you to be in charge of our integrations with external partners and oversee all software development plans from ideation to execution.
What you'll do:
Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
Ensure compliance with security regulations
Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals and timelines
Prepare and manage the engineering department’s budget
Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
Hire engineers and coordinate their training
Implement innovative technologies
Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools
Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment
Requirements
Work experience as an engineering manager or in a similar senior-level position at an engineering department
Extensive experience with cloud technologies and modern human-computer interfaces
Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development
Good understanding of agile methodologies
Leadership abilities with a strategic mind
Excellent project management skills
Ideally experience managing remote teams.
BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field