Engineering Manager - DevEx

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WaveFintech
Ghana; Kenya; Spain; United Kingdom, UTC -1 to UTC +3Full-TimeManager
SalarySalary up to $185,800 (or local equivalent), plus a generous equity package
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Job Details

Experience
At least three years of experience as a manager supporting internal tooling or DevEx teams.
Required Skills
Project ManagementPythonKubernetesPeople ManagementCI/CDGitHub Actions

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience as a manager supporting internal tooling or DevEx teams.
  • Strong experience as a software engineer, preferably in Python environments.
  • Experience treating internal tools as products including surveys, measuring adoption, and roadmap definition.
  • Demonstrable people-management experience in coaching, performance evaluation, and career development.
  • Project management experience in prioritization, scheduling, and cross-team communication.
  • Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Buildkite.
  • Experience with developer productivity tooling (local environments, build systems, dependency management, observability).
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized deployments.
  • Familiarity with DORA metrics, SPACE framework, or DX Core 4.
  • Located in a timezone between GMT-1 and GMT+3, or willing to align hours.
  • Willingness to travel to Africa once per year for approximately 6 days.

Responsibilities

  • Prioritize the team's work in collaboration with senior engineers, the Director of Platform, and engineering leadership.
  • Support and mentor teammates to become more effective engineers and colleagues.
  • Treat the developer platform as a product by running developer surveys, measuring adoption, and balancing engineer and business needs.
  • Drive the development process vision from initial code to production deployment across multiple countries.
  • Evaluate and implement AI-assisted development opportunities to reduce toil and improve quality.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation.
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