Chief Technology Officer Consultant/Advisor

Primary responsibilities:

Managing and leading the entire product and projects methodology cycle from design, implementation, support, documentation, maintenance to production.
Leading the design and implementation of our APIs with external parties systems to ensure scalability, Security and Reliability
Double up as a cloud DevOps and data architect leader
Managing, Guiding, Leading, Project management and Planning of tasks with the junior and senior software developers and data team in line with agile methodology strategy. As well as listening to their suggestions and inputs without any discrimination whatsoever
Identifying and hiring tech talent including ensuring tech talent retention strategies while strengthening the tech culture in the company. In addition, they use their soft skills to keep development and engineering teams motivated.
Setting up internal support systems and processes to ensure smooth real time tracking of issues/bugs and documentations of issue resolutions and SLAs.
Assist in strategic planning and requirements analysis for internal and external stakeholders
Develops new frameworks to balance the technical resource usage by ensuring that all resources are being efficiently and securely used.
Lead and guide in tech best practices and standards in our tech stack and documentation
Conduct frequent code reviews, audit and product/APIs documentation
Designing and scaling the tech and data products/strategy architecture including credit scoring and server system architecture
Ensuring systems security and confidentiality measures are enhanced
Research and provide recommendations on tech tools including efficient and scalable development of features, products and new roll outs within Kenya and other countries
Building quality assurance and data protection processes, ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards

Secondary responsibilities:

Join or represent Pezesha management in strategic technical meetings/events
Mentorship and knowledge transfer to the engineering and data teams
Align the tech with all the other components of the business from credit operations, data, credit scoring to field operations.
Support structures and advisory where needed to ensure creativity, innovation throughout the entire organization.

The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate needs to have the following experience

Degree in a relevant technical field or Google certifications will be a bonus
At least 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Docker and/or cloud deployment technologies- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
5+ years’ experience of working on distributed systems
You speak languages like PHP, Laravel, Python or Scala is good to have
Excellent knowledge of Cloud Technology and Microservices
Knowledge of Linux software packaging, distribution, and configuration
Strong organizational and time-management abilities
Experience with container networking on Docker.
Experience with application deployment by using CI/CD.
Experience with monitoring and alerting tools
Experience in cyber security
At least 5+ years of experience with SQL
Results-driven by nature, a flawless executor with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Have a proven understanding of best engineering practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code review, source control, build, test, deploy, and operations
An effective leader and team-player who knows how to hire and manage the right talent to scale the Engineering team
Demonstrated success in delivering high-quality technology products/services in a fast-paced environment
Sound business judgment, ability to set clear vision and goals and drive the organization in delivering to those goals

Please send your CVs and cover letter to jobs@pezesha.com. Kindly indicate the title of the job on the subject header of the email (REF 2023/CTO Consultant). The applicants who do not indicate THE REF NO and job title will be automatically disqualified.

Apply via :

jobs@pezesha.com