Software Engineering Manager

About the role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a software squad based in Dakar. This is a pure management position – you will spend less time coding and more time ensuring the team delivers high‑quality, secure services on schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Allocate daily tasks, set sprint priorities, remove blockers and make delivery trade‑offs for the squad.
• Maintain delivery cadence, code quality and operational responsibility of the squad’s services, including DevSecOps practices.
• Arbitrate resource conflicts and dependencies with adjacent squads.
• Develop engineers through 1:1s, feedback, skill‑building and team continuity.
• Escalate strategic architecture decisions and budgetary trade‑offs to the Head of Engineering or Digital Factory Director.

Required profile

• Master’s degree (Bac+5) or equivalent.
• Proven senior individual‑contributor background and at least one year of squad coordination.
• Fluent French and professional English.
• Based in Dakar (onsite presence required).

Required skills

• DevSecOps practices.
• Backend development.
• Frontend development.
• Mobile development.
• API design and integration.
• Event‑driven workflow implementation.

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape the engineering culture of a growing international team.
• Direct influence on product delivery and technical strategy.
• Collaborative environment with Platform, Security, Data and Implementation engineering groups.