Technical Lead : Fingo

Fingo Africa is a leading fintech company building payment infrastructure across Africa. With 5 years of proven success, we operate three core products: Fingo App (https://fingo.africa), Fingo Pay (https://fingopay.io), and Fingo Global - serving thousands of users and processing millions in transactions. We're at an exciting inflection point, scaling our infrastructure and expanding our impact across the continent.

We're looking for an experienced Technical Lead to be the technical bridge between product vision and engineering execution. This is a high-impact role where you'll own end-to-end technical planning, architecture, and implementation leadership for our payment infrastructure products.

This is NOT an engineering management role - you won't be doing 1-on-1s or performance reviews. This is pure technical leadership. You'll be the person our team can hand a product spec to with full confidence that robust architecture, clear documentation, and solid implementation will follow - without needing his input at every step.

Architecture & Design

• Own system architecture for new features and products end-to-end

• Design scalable, resilient payment infrastructure solutions

• Create comprehensive technical documentation and system design specs

• Make day-to-day technical decisions within our established tech stack

Technical Leadership

• Be the technical authority the engineering team (4 seniors, 4 juniors) can rely on

• Lead technical planning and break down complex features into implementable work

• Guide technical decisions and set engineering standards

• Provide technical mentorship and code review for the team

Hands-On Contribution

• Write code when necessary - this isn't just a planning role

• Lead implementation of critical features and systems

• Jump in to solve complex technical challenges

• Set the bar for code quality and best practices

Execution & Delivery

• Take product requirements from concept to production

• Ensure features are properly tested, documented, and deployed

• Remove technical blockers and keep projects moving

• Communicate progress and technical decisions clearly

Must Haves:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3-4 years in technical leadership roles

• Strong systems architecture background - you've designed and built complex distributed systems

• Payments/fintech domain experience - you understand the unique challenges of payment infrastructure, reconciliation, compliance, and reliability

• Hands-on expertise with our stack:

  • Backend: TypeScript, Golang

  • Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, S3, SQS, etc), Convex

  • Databases: Postgres.

  • Other: Cloudflare, Github, Notion, Slack etc

  • You can both architect AND code in these technologies

• Proven ability to lead senior engineers - you can earn respect through technical credibility, not just title

• Excellent documentation and communication skills - you make complex systems understandable

• Based in Nairobi, Kenya - this role requires on-site presence

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with East African payment systems (M-Pesa, mobile money, cross-border payments)

• Background in fast-growing startups or scale-ups

• Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven systems

• Familiarity with financial regulations and compliance (PCI-DSS, CBK)

In 6 months, you will have:

• Taken full ownership of technical planning for multiple features/products

• Built trust with the engineering team as their go-to technical authority

• Shipped well-architected, documented features that the CTO didn't need to be involved in

• Established clear technical standards and patterns the team follows

• Freed up significant CTO time by becoming the technical execution leader

• High Impact Role: Your work directly enables financial inclusion across Africa

• Technical Ownership: Real autonomy to architect and lead without micromanagement

• Strong Team: Work with 4 experienced senior engineers who can execute

• Mature Product: 5 years of market validation, established tech stack, proven business model

• Growth Opportunity: As we scale, potential to build and lead your own team

• Competitive Compensation: $6-7K/month NET salary

• Languages: TypeScript, Golang

• Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, S3, SQS, Lambda), Convex

• Databases: Postgres, Convex DB

• Architecture: Microservices, event-driven systems

• DevOps: Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

We have a mature, stable tech stack with long-term vendor relationships. You'll work within this proven ecosystem rather than constantly introducing new tools.

We review applications on a rolling basis and will move quickly for the right candidate.

Fingo Africa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.