Java Backend Engineering Team Lead (Kenya)

The Job

Our Java Engineering Team Lead is responsible for leading and developing a team of talented software engineers and creating and maintaining the software that allows our platform to function. Other responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop the individuals in your team.
  
• The maintenance and development of new features on our software platform.
  
• Our team works in an agile way and you will be part of the rituals and practices.
  
• Coordination of the work that the software engineering team need to do.
  
• Applying software engineering principles to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of our software.
  

• Ensuring that the software you develop is secure and safe when it comes to data protection.
  
• You document your work and make sure that your documentation is clear and understandable for future use by others.
  

About You

• You have in-depth development experience using Java and building software from the ground up. You’re a logical thinker and a natural problem solver who wants to use your technical skillset to make an impact.
  

Requirements:

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience focused on JVM languages
  
• 3+ years of formal leadership experience managing a team of Java backend engineers, including responsibility for conducting team performance reviews
  
• Experience within Microservices and AWS
  
• You have extensive experience working with the Spring framework, as well as various other Java backend tools and frameworks
  
• Experience or knowledge of Salesforce CRM would be a plus
  
• You don’t want to just write code, you want to build scalable systems with quality
  
• You are based in Kenya
  
• You have excellent English skills