Safaricom Tech Lead – Fintech Jobs in Kenya

Safaricom Tech Lead – Fintech Jobs in Kenya


Detailed Description

  • Reporting to the Senior Manager – Business Engagement, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, team management, third party management and Partner Relationship Management.

    Roles and Responsibilities

  • Leading virtual teams to design and deliver financial systems

  • Planning & design for scalable, flexible and resilient system;

  • Development and implementation of the financial systems architecture and roadmap

  • Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure;

  • Implementation and integration of new hardware/software;

  • Optimization of existing systems;

  • Internal Process Improvement in accordance with ITIL and Agile standards;

  • Change management

  • Contributing towards innovation initiatives.

  • Research and development of future technologies and solutions to need financial systems needs

    Qualifications

  • Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
    5 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).

  • Software development skills in Java, python, C, and web technologies

  • Development and management of database-based applications

  • Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.

  • Knowledge in Dev Ops

  • Experience in mobile money systems.

  • Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP). Certifications will be an added advantage

  • Proven Analytical & problem-solving skills;

  • Must be able to work without supervision & meet tight deadlines/schedules;

  • Good presentation skills required;

  • Proactive & self-motivated;

  • Good public relations, communication & interpersonal.

    Note to Applicants

  • As part
    of our recruitment process, we will request the below documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage of the process.

  • An updated CV with a confirmation of three referees- 2 must be professional and must have supervised you at some point, the other referee can be a colleague in the same professional field. If the referees are within the same organization that you are working with, you will need to confirm to us that it’s okay to contact them in writing (via email). This also includes all references within the Human Resources department.

  • Scanned copy of certificate of good conduct from the CID (Less than 1 year old) - Applicable to Kenyans Only

  • Scanned copy of certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) – Applicable to Kenyans only

  • Scanned copy of University Certificate
    Scanned copy of your National ID / Passport-Legal Form of Identification

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; Safaricom Tech Lead – Fintech Jobs in Kenya

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