Head of Engineering

Role Overview

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for the POS Application Platform, acting as the domain CTO for everything that runs on our POS devices.
• Build and govern the four core platform pillars across the organisation: developer experience (tools, libraries, SDKs), platform reliability (observability, uptime, quality standards), foundational frameworks (architecture, coding standards, testing and release pipelines), and squad adoption (driving uptake of platform tooling across all embedded POS engineers).
• Define and enforce engineering standards across all POS device types and OEM manufacturers, ensuring architectural consistency and quality across a heterogeneous device fleet.
• Functionally lead POS engineers embedded across Payments, Onboarding, VAS, Savings, and Loans squads — setting the bar for engineering quality and providing the platform layer above all of them.
• Own POS observability end-to-end: monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks that ensure platform health across all devices and squads.
• Drive the architecture for how Moniepoint supports multiple POS device types, including defining how new devices are onboarded, governed, and integrated with the platform.
• Collaborate with OEM partners and the POS hardware team when new device types are introduced, ensuring the application layer is ready to support them from day one.
• Write and review code directly — this role expects 40 to 60 percent hands-on engineering time. You will set the technical standard, not just the technical direction.
• Build and scale the POS platform team, including hiring, mentoring, and structuring for growth as the platform expands internationally.
• Translate platform decisions into business impact, working closely with Product, Payments, and Business leadership across markets.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, tooling standards, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity metrics across the POS engineering community.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 6 years leading engineering teams through meaningful growth phases, ideally in multi-national or large VC-backed companies.
• Direct, hands-on experience building software that runs on Point-of-Sale terminal devices. This means engineering on the device itself — the application layer — not server-side integrations with POS systems. This is a non-negotiable requirement and candidates without it will not be considered.
• Strong working knowledge of EMV standards (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) and experience navigating payment certification processes such as PCI DSS and P2PE. Candidates without this will not be considered.
• Deep Android engineering expertise in Kotlin and Java. The POS application layer at Moniepoint is Android-based and there are no exceptions to this requirement.
• Proven experience building internal engineering platforms, shared libraries, developer tooling, or foundational frameworks used by other engineering teams — not just consumer-facing feature products.
• Experience governing or architecting across multiple POS device types from different hardware manufacturers, with an understanding of how OEM integrations and device management work at scale.
• A track record of hands-on technical leadership at a meaningful frequency — a 40 to 60 percent coding ratio in your current or most recent role is what we expect. If you have moved into a fully managerial role with no direct contribution to code, this role is likely not the right fit.
• Experience building or maturing platform engineering functions, including establishing engineering processes, tooling strategies, and cross-squad governance structures.
• Demonstrated ability to scale engineering teams and build the organisational layer beneath you — leaders who can grow into and around the role you are hiring into.
• Experience at a company processing high volumes of financial transactions in a regulated environment. Fintech background is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with terminal management systems and device observability tooling is a strong advantage.
• Backend engineering experience in Java or Spring Boot is a strong plus given the breadth of the platform and the integration surface it sits on.
• Experience working directly with OEM vendors on hardware specification and integration is a bonus.
• Exposure to C or C++ is a plus — one of our device variants uses C.
• Experience at Series A or B stage startups alone is unlikely to reflect the scale and complexity required for this role.

Tech Stack

• Android
• Java
• Kotlin
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• SpringBoot

Benefits

• Culture
• We put our people first and prioritise the well-being of every team member. We have 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 will receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, plus other benefits.