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Technical Lead

Abacus · Nairobi

AbacusNairobiPosted 13 November 2026

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Nairobi, Kenya
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Role Summary

Provides technical leadership and engineering direction across software delivery squads within the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (CoE). Responsible for guiding solution design, engineering quality, architecture alignment, development standards, and technical delivery execution. Works closely with architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions are delivered in alignment with business and technology objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead and guide software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software solutions

Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and support engineering best practice

Drive solution design, architecture alignment, and technical decision-making across projects and platform

Collaborate with architects, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and delivery approaches

Ensure engineering standards, coding practices, security controls, and quality assurance processes are implemented consistently

Support estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery execution activities

Review and approve technical designs, code quality, and implementation approaches

Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers

Support DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering practices across delivery teams

Mentor and coach developers and engineers to improve technical capability and engineering maturity

Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Software Engineering CoE

Support production stability, operational readiness, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities where required

Contribute to reusable engineering assets, frameworks, accelerators, and standards

Collaborate with Business Operations, Delivery leads, and stakeholders to support governance and reporting requirements

Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices

Qualification & Experience

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field preferred

At least 8–10 years of experience in software engineering and application development environments

At least 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery initiatives

Strong experience in enterprise application architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software engineering practices

Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models

Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and scalable application design

Experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Relevant technical certifications advantageous

Preferred Skills

Technical leadership and mentoring

Solution design and architecture alignment

Strong software engineering and coding capability

API, integration, and microservices development

DevOps and CI/CD practices

Cloud engineering and platform technologies

Analytical and problem-solving capability

Stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Risk and dependency management

Process improvement and engineering optimisation

Strong collaboration and team leadership capability

Ability to work independently and across multiple agile squads

Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Good organisational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND

How to apply

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Technical Lead

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