Head of Engineering

Deep experience in full-stack engineering, especially with Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL. Led engineering teams of 5+ people before or played a senior role in teams with high velocity and high standards. Strong instincts for balancing speed and quality, and know how to set up processes that don’t get in the way. Worked remotely and managed distributed teams. Excited by systems thinking, and constantly seek to make things work better—technically and operationally. Passion for working with mission-driven teams solving real-world challenges with technology. Experience building team culture. Based in Africa and excited about building world-class software from the continent, for the continent.

Guiding a team of engineers to ship high-quality software quickly and consistently. Establishing lightweight but effective workflows for planning, coordination, code quality, releases, and reviews. Setting technical direction and leading architectural discussions across our stack. Continuously improving our systems for performance, reliability, scalability, and simplicity. Writing high-quality TypeScript and contributing to our full-stack codebase when needed. Working closely with our AI and data teams to ensure robust integration of AI capabilities into the platform. Mentoring engineers and helping us hire great people as we scale.