Head of Technical Team at Transsnet Payments Ghana Ltd (PalmPay)

About the job

Job Summary

• We are looking for a skilled and experienced professional to lead the technical team, responsible for designing and investigating channel integration. 

Who we are looking for:

• As a self-motivated and enthusiastic member of our team, you will work with extremely hardworking colleagues in a fun environment. 
• You will work in an agile environment with a focus on problem-solving and engineering perfection.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work through all phases of the channel integration process independently as well as jointly with other team members.
• Collaborate with architects, product management, developers, QE, and operations teams to work on innovative solutions in alignment with development goals and principles.
• Produce clear, well-documented debug report documents and participate in issue fixing, and service stability improvement with developers, analysts, and product managers. Good understanding of business problems.
• Responsible for leading engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an always-on, 24x7 site.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, a master’s or equivalent professional certification is highly desired.
• 8+ years of software design and IT support experience, a solid foundation in computer science.
• 5+ years of experience in software development using Java, SOAP, RESTful Web Services, and Micro Services. Experience with shell scripting and networking is a major plus.
• Strong experience in fintech, banking, telecommunications, or a related field is preferred.
• Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure.
• Excellent decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills