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Our overarching objective is to forge the next generation of digital financial solutions in Francophone Africa, a region where fewer than 25% of the population currently has access to traditional banking services.\nThe financial landscape of this region is undergoing a profound transformation, with millions of individuals shifting from basic financial transactions (mobile money) to more sophisticated financial management. Djamo is uniquely positioned to emerge as the premier choice for meeting these evolving financial needs.\nWe are proud to have garnered support from world-renowned investors, including Y Combinator, Partech, Kima, and Norskeen, which underscores our potential and commitment to reshaping the financial services landscape in Africa.\nTo support the launch and growth of our activities in Djamo Entities, we are looking for a Tech Lead.\nAbout the role\nAs our new Tech Lead reporting to our Head of Engineering, you will oversee a team of engineers, making architectural and design decisions, guiding team members in technical matters, and supervising system modifications.\nAs a Leader, you will mentor team members, delegate tasks, give and receive feedback, evaluate risks, and resolve conflicts.\nAs a Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and scaling backend systems that power critical financial services for users across Francophone Africa. You’ll be expected to bring deep technical expertise, take ownership of complex system design challenges, and continuously raise the bar on code quality and system performance.\nYou will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and frontend engineering, to build performant, secure, and reliable services. You’ll also lead efforts to optimize legacy systems, implement best practices, and drive adoption of new technologies that align with Djamo’s ambitious growth goals.\nYour Role\nReporting to the Head of Engineering, Your Key Responsibilities will include:\nLead a cross-functional team (70% of your time)\nOwn the delivery and technical direction of a product squad (engineers, designer, PM).\nRun the team: weekly 1:1s, regular feedback, career growth conversations, sprint coordination.\nBreak down projects into well-scoped work, manage dependencies, and keep the team shipping.\nPartner closely with Product and Design to shape what gets built, not just how.\nRaise the engineering bar across the org (20%)\nArchitect, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable backend systems and services.\nBe a technical sounding board for other tech leads and engineers.\nHelp first-time managers develop their leadership skills ; give them patterns, not just advice.\nDrive improvements to engineering practices: code review quality, testing strategy, CI/CD, design docs.\nContribute to architectural decisions that affect multiple teams.\nOwn the delivery and quality of backend features from concept to production.\nStay technical (30% overlap with above)\nWrite code. Review code. You're in the codebase, not above it.\nLead by example on design quality, system thinking, and pragmatic trade-offs.\nOwn technical decisions for your squad. Escalate the right ones, decide the rest.\nBuild reusable code and libraries for future use.\nBring a strong perspective that inspires new ideas and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to sophisticated problems.\nFoster strong cross-function collaboration with Frontend, Product, and Support to develop world-class products. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, and giving feedback on product specs and mocks.\nParticipate in the full development cycle: design, development, QA, experimentation, analysis, launch, and monitoring.\nYour Profile\n7+ years of software engineering experience, including production systems at scale.\n3+ years leading a team of engineers with direct people management (1:1s, feedback, growth plans ; not just tech lead coordination).\nStrong experience with Typescript / Node.js, Python, Go, or similar backend languages. \nSolid grasp of modern software engineering practices: version control (Git), CI/CD, code reviews, automated testing, monitoring, etc.\nExperience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform).\nStrong understanding of relational and non-relational databases. Experience with PostgreSQL is a plus.\nFluent in English (written and spoken), French is a plus.\nWhen faced with a tricky bug or an unfamiliar system, know how to unblock yourself, whether by digging deeper, asking teammates for help, or using tools like AI.\nCare deeply about users - you build with the user's real needs in mind, advocating for simplicity and value in technical decisions.\nYou think about systems and outcomes looking beyond individual tasks to understand system-wide impact on performance, scalability, and reliability.\nStays current with new tools and practices.\nExperience in designing and implementing distributed systems that scale for millions of customers.\nEntrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments.\nThe capacity to communicate and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.\nSound knowledge of standard software engineering methodology, e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, continuous integration, and delivery.\nNice to Have\nExperience working with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)\nPrior experience in a startup or hyper-growth environment\nFamiliarity with mobile backend (API performance, offline-first, rate limiting)\nContributions to open-source projects or engineering blogs\nSome projects the team has been working on:\nEnabling users to save money and earn interest directly through the Djamo app.\nGiving users the ability to invest in the stock market.\nProviding in-app access to credit.\nOffering an instant, fee-free current account.\nThe advantages of working at Djamo\nA stimulating work environment\nThe value of participating in the evolution of a startup that aims to rapidly expand throughout French-speaking Africa.\nA collaborative work environment with a strong team spirit\nA culture of continuous employee development\nWe will consider all applications on the same basis. Djamo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.\nType of contract\nContractor via DEEL - for non-residents of Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal\nCDD / CDI - for residents of Sénégal\nDesired start date\nASAP\nSector of activity\nMobile Financial Services","description_format":"text","description_chars":7033,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"French","level":"All levels","optional":true},{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Senegal","iso":"SN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Banks & Neobanks"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-19T04:02:35Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":7,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/djamo-tech-lead-backend","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/djamo-tech-lead-backend.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T04:20:16Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6272,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":177281},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=177281"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdjamo-tech-lead-backend"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdjamo-tech-lead-backend"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdjamo-tech-lead-backend"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/djamo-tech-lead-backend\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdjamo-tech-lead-backend"}]}