Lead Full Stack Engineer

About Us

54 Collective exists to create a thriving African startup economy that drives prosperity across Africa. We are venture builders dedicated to solving some of Africa’s biggest challenges and capitalising on its incredible potential by leveraging market and tech opportunities. We seek to build an ecosystem that supports authentic innovation and our goal is to be the best growth engine for entrepreneurs across Africa and beyond. We believe by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation, we will unlock employment opportunities and drive inclusive growth across the continent.

Since 2019, we have supported 50+ African ventures with investment capital alongside hands-on support backed by 40+, full-time, experts covering engineering, product development, growth, corporate partnerships and investment.

We are leveraging this experience and expertise to create an internal impact driven venture that will directly create youth and gender focused employment opportunities through tailored training programs. As part of this, we are building the largest digital community for entrepreneurs in Africa and are looking for an experienced engineer to lead the design, implementation and operations of the digital platform.

The role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Full Stack Engineer to manage the development of digital solutions to meet the Academy’s mission and objectives. S/he will lead the design, development and implementation acting as the technical lead and interface, working closely with external service providers to deliver the end products. and operations of the digital platform. The right candidate for this role will understand project requirements and develop design specifications as per requirements.

Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain new features and functionalities for the platform, understanding the requirements and translating them into scalable and efficient software solutions

Design software system architecture

Work on both the front-end and back-end of the application, demonstrating expertise in various technologies, frameworks, and programming languages.

Work collaboratively with other teams to understand end-user requirements, use cases, and technical concepts, translating them into a cohesive and effective solution while ensuring a seamless user experience

Optimise the performance of the platform to handle large amounts of data and high user traffic, delivering a smooth user experience.

Participate in code reviews and enforce best coding practices, while also writing and executing unit tests and integration tests to maintain code quality.

Maintains consistent version control and monitoring of continuous deployment Implements proactive monitoring practices, derives actionable insights from data, ensures the reliability and security of IT operations, and optimises performance.

Documents system specifications for internal use and end user, highlighting bug fixes, new features and potential issues.

Ability to identify & implement tools and integrations that will facilitate seamless program operations and delivery across the Academy team

SKILLS REQUIRED

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related fieldHave engineering management experience in a high-growth startup or medium-sized product-focused tech company

Demonstrated track-record of delivering user-centric products with modern technologies for a variety of different problem domains

Experience with agile development methodologies

Worked on a diverse set of full stack technologies including experience with web, mobile, data and infrastructure

Knowledgeable of a range of modern web or mobile frameworks, e.g. React, Angular, Django, Rails, iOS, or Android.

Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Javascript, Ruby, Golang.

Must have cloud development experience - particularly AWS.

Understanding of scalable architectures like microservices etc.

Well rounded experience in Javascript particularly TypeScript.

Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical skills

Strong teamwork skills

Strong organisational skills