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Job Title:   IT & Digital Manager

Organisation: Letshego Uganda

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Letshego Uganda is a retail financial services business offering a range of financial products to the retail market in Uganda. Letshego Uganda is regulated by Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority and is one of the 11 subsidiaries of Letshego Holdings Limited across Africa. Letshego Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of Letshego Holdings.

Job Summary:   As IT and Digital Manager, you will have a range of responsibilities from shaping and implementing digital products to ensuring that we stay on the leading edge of technology. You will be expected to contribute across the full technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment, over native apps, to front end development. As a Team Leader you will work in a cross-functional team with the Product Owners, Designers, engineers, external vendors and service providers to co-develop the digital products. You will also offer functional support and management of the Technology, Digital staff and other related resources to drive efficiency and the digitalization agenda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Technology and Digital Solutions team within a cross-functional, Agile squad to deliver digital journeys and products together with product and design.
• Define the framework and push for the best choice when it comes to technology selection and implementation.
• Use Agile engineering practices and various software and web development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client customer and employee experience.
• Lead team members to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.
• Liaise with other teams within and outside the Digital and Technology unit to negotiate timelines, deliverables and dependencies.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners and other team members to identify and socialize products and delivery risks
• Drive forward and role-model best practice engineering processes and Agile behavior and ensuring teams members follow suit.
• Communicate with business stakeholders about Agile processes to set and manage expectations about delivery methods and timelines.
• Mentor and coach junior Technology and Digital staff on the best practices.
• Collaborate closely on defining the appropriate solutions architecture for digital product solutions
• Manage the IT expenditure to drive efficiency and Resource Optimization.

 




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent; Computer Science background preferred
• Strong team spirit with the ability to work in both local and virtual team settings
• Infrastructure knowledge including RESTful APls, Single Sign On, LDAP, Search Technologies (Kong, GraphQL, Swagger, Elasticsearch, Kibana, authO)
• Full stack engineer with a passion for mentoring other colleagues in the team
• Knowledge of pair programming, continuous integration and test-driven development
• Familiarity with the concepts and pattern choices for Microservices is a must
• At least 8 years relevant experience in systems development and proven hands-on experience as an architect within an agile organization with multiple digital channels. Hands-on experience is a must
• Experience with financial services systems environment is required
• Working knowledge and experience in API designs, as well as, standards and governance processes
• Working knowledge of microservices oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, software oriented architecture and other modern architectural paradigms
• Knowledge of building highly scalable applications in a cloud-based environment and architecting for a cloud hybrid approach is essential
• Knowledge of Micro-Finance business models and ways of working

Skills

• Understanding of a CI-CD process, containerization, and virtualization related technologies
• Excellent programming skills in at least 2 modern programming languages/ frameworks (1 B/E and 1 F/E), such as Node.JS, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Kotlin multiplatform, Reacts, or others
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and one common database technology, such as Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested persons should submit applications (CV with cover letter and copies of Academic Qualifications) to the Head of People and Culture, Letshego Uganda Limited on Plot 9, Wampewo Avenue Kololo or send email to UG.HRrecruitment@letshego.com

Please note: ONLY shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Deadline: 26th March 2024

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