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Tech Lead- Payments Engineering Job Watu Credit
Watu
Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted about 7 hours ago (29 Sep 2026) Updated about 7 hours ago
Job Description
The Tech Lead – Payments Engineering guides the design, development, and integration of payment solutions, ensuring security, scalability, and regulatory compliance. The lead mentors engineering staff, defines architecture standards, and collaborates with product and operations teams to deliver reliable payment services.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Extensive experience (5+ years) in software engineering, preferably in payments or fintech
- • Strong knowledge of API design, micro‑services architecture, and security protocols
- • Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams
- • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead the architecture and development of payment processing systems
- • Design and implement APIs for transaction handling and settlement
- • Ensure compliance with security standards and regulatory requirements
- • Mentor and coach engineering team members on best practices
- • Collaborate with product, risk and operations to define feature roadmaps
- • Conduct code reviews, performance testing and continuous improvement initiatives