Head of Engineering, POS Application Platform

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa's largest merchant acquirer and a comprehensive financial platform serving over 20 million businesses and individuals monthly, processing over $250 billion in digital payment transactions annually. Moniepoint is expanding its engineering presence to Poland as a strategic location for senior hires, focusing on building a dedicated POS Application Platform function.

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience with at least 6 years leading engineering teams.
• Direct hands-on experience building software on POS terminal devices' application layer.
• Strong working knowledge of EMV standards and payment certification processes such as PCI DSS and P2PE.
• Deep Android engineering expertise in Kotlin and Java.
• Proven experience building internal engineering platforms, shared libraries, developer tooling, or foundational frameworks.
• Experience governing or architecting across multiple POS device types and OEM integrations.
• Experience building or maturing platform engineering functions.
• Demonstrated ability to scale engineering teams and build organizational layers.
• Experience in high-volume financial transaction companies, preferably fintech.
• Familiarity with terminal management systems and device observability tooling.
• Backend engineering experience in Java or Spring Boot is a strong plus.
• Experience working with OEM vendors on hardware specification and integration is a bonus.
• Exposure to C or C++ is a plus.
• Experience solely at Series A or B startups is unlikely to be sufficient for this role.

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for the POS Application Platform, acting as domain CTO for POS devices.
• Build and govern developer experience, platform reliability, foundational frameworks, and drive squad adoption.
• Define and enforce engineering standards across all POS devices and OEM manufacturers.
• Functionally lead POS engineers across different squads (Payments, Onboarding, VAS, Savings, Loans).
• Own POS observability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Drive architecture for supporting multiple POS device types, onboarding, and integration.
• Collaborate with OEM partners and POS hardware teams for new device introductions.
• Build and scale the POS platform team, including hiring and mentoring.
• Translate platform decisions into business impact, collaborating with Product, Payments, and Business leadership.
• Establish and improve engineering processes, tooling standards, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity metrics.

Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. The role is remote in Poland. Candidates without required POS device application layer experience and payment standard knowledge will not be considered.