Lead Engineer

Role Overview

Lead Engineer at Strivo Labs. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can balance technical depth, people leadership, project ownership, and business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor engineering teams across multiple projects and product areas.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of major engineering projects, from planning and architecture to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy in line with the organisation’s business and product objectives.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, development processes, and delivery methodologies.
• Provide technical direction and make sound architectural and technology decisions.
• Work closely with Product, Design, Operations, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Take full accountability for engineering delivery, timelines, quality, reliability, and technical outcomes.
• Set clear expectations for engineers, track performance, and ensure accountability across the team.
• Review project progress, identify blockers early, and take decisive action to keep delivery on track.
• Challenge unrealistic timelines, requirements, or technical decisions when necessary and provide practical alternatives.
• Oversee code quality, system architecture, testing, deployment, monitoring, and overall engineering excellence.
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and capable of supporting business growth.
• Establish and maintain appropriate engineering documentation and technical standards.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, tools, and infrastructure.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention of high-performing engineering talent.
• Manage engineering resources, priorities, and technical dependencies across projects.
• Identify and manage technical risks, security concerns, and potential system vulnerabilities.
• Ensure engineering practices align with relevant fintech, data protection, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular updates to executive leadership on engineering performance, project status, risks, and technology strategy.
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve the organisation’s technology capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of software engineering or technology experience, with significant experience in engineering leadership.
• Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering complex technology projects from conception to production.
• Strong software development background with the ability to engage deeply in technical discussions.
• Experience designing and scaling production-grade applications and systems.
• Experience working within a fintech, financial services, banking, payments, lending, or other highly regulated technology environment is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, and system scalability.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum or similar software development methodologies.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of engineering metrics, delivery processes, and performance management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

How to Apply Send CV to: hiring@strivolabs.com