Frontend Architect

Frontend Enterprise Architect - Moniepoint GB

Who we are

Moniepoint Group is a financial technology company digitizing Africa’s real economy by building a financial ecosystem for businesses, providing them with all the payment, banking, credit and business management tools they need to succeed. At Moniepoint, we are a customer-focused community, dedicated to crafting solutions that redefine our industry. We have several products that provide essential services for businesses such as credit, overdrafts, bank integration, payment gateway. etc. We leverage artificial intelligence and data to make our decisions, but also have the technology and data-driven best practices used to support our businesses.

Having been able to build this self-sustaining, profitable business solving problems in Nigeria, we want to help everyone around the world seamlessly trade (or remit) with African businesses and individuals, so we are launching our UK and international financial services’ business which will be headquartered in the UK. Moniepoint GB is going to be a huge, impactful business now, and in the future.

About the role

Location : United Kingdom (full-time)

As a Frontend Architect at Moniepoint GB, you’ll work directly with the CTO to own the front-end architecture across our platform. You will work across multiple engineering teams to ensure the development of maintainable and scalable products, and help improve the overall customer experience. If you have a solutions-oriented mindset, a strong sense of ownership and are excited about finding creative solutions to complex problems, this is the role for you!

What you will do:

• Lead the frontend architecture application implementation in collaboration with the broader engineering team.
• Translate product requirements into architectural documents and diagrams
• Maintain architectural documents and ensure they are always updated to reflect the current state of the application.
• Lead implementation of new UX initiatives to support the architecture decision and vision.
• Ensure coding standards and architecture guidelines are respected and web applications meet scalability requirements.
• Research, experiment with various technologies, and provide recommendations.
• Proactively identify technical debt or improvement at the architecture level.
• Advocate for improvements to product experience, quality, security, and performance.
• Perform code reviews and ensures efficient code engineering
• Ensure applications are implemented using software engineering best practices
• Be responsible for the stability and reliability of products under your purview
• Create and enforce processes that improve developer efficiency and productivity
• Participate in interviewing other engineers.
• Ability to provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers.

To succeed in this role, we think you should have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science,Software Engineering or a related field
• 7+ years experience in Frontend development, with at least 2 years in a leadership/architect role
• Experience in software development and coding in React Programming Language
• Strong understanding of front-end development principles and best practices, including accessibility, performance, and security.
• Excellent knowledge of UML and other modeling methods
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS, JavaScript and UI/UX design
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• High quality organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities

What we can offer you

• Culture -We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance,annual bonus, plus other benefits.

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters
• A take-home coding exercise.
• A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team
• A behavioral and technical interview with a member of the Executive team.

Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.