Engineering Manager, Wave

Product Finance & Compliance Team

$141.9-166.9k

Plus a generous equity package, and we run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to exceptional performers who have been with the company for more than six months

SQL

React

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

Redis

iOS

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

Snowflake

SwiftUI

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

Financial services for underbanked communities

Be an early applicant

Financial services for underbanked communities

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Be an early applicant

$141.9-166.9k

Plus a generous equity package, and we run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to exceptional performers who have been with the company for more than six months

SQL

React

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

Redis

iOS

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

Snowflake

SwiftUI

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Company mission

To make Africa the first cashless continent.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You care a lot about working on software whose mission you believe in. Working at Wave positively impacts millions of lives through fast and cheap mobile money services. By helping us build a best-in-class customer service experience, you’ll have a big impact on the lives of lots of underserved people
You want to be part of an engineering culture that values simple and straightforward architecture over cutting-edge shiny tech. This helps us keep Wave simple to operate and makes it easier to achieve our reliability goals
You are excited to build a team culture that’s positive and collaborative, and to help the engineers level up and advance their careers
You have experience with our stack (Python backend, postgres database, SQL based accounting tool, simple template-based and react-based web frontends)
Fluent in English
At least one year of experience managing a software engineering team
Experience working on a compliance focussed team at some point in your career
You have demonstrable people management experience: coaching, performance evaluation, mentorship, career development
You’re comfortable with backend server development and SQL
You have experience managing the day to day work of an engineering team: facilitating meetings, assigning work, identifying when projects are stuck, ensuring we learn from our experience
You have experience working closely with a product manager to set OKRs and to scope and assign engineering tasks

What the job involves

As Engineering Manager, you will lead our Prod Finance and Compliance team (up to six engineers), which builds and maintains systems related to compliance requirements, including KYC, AML, watchlist screening, account limits, and systems that support our treasury and accounting teams
You will work closely with our Finance and Compliance PM and two data analysts to build and maintain the systems that will help us build reliable, customer-friendly compliance systems for the long term
Collaborate with the product manager to prioritize and scope work
Support and mentor your teammates to become more effective engineers and colleagues
Design and implement processes (e.g. status updates, reflection and learning, team bonding) that allow the team to operate smoothly
Ensure that technical approaches align with business needs
Create and maintain a positive and collaborative team culture and work environment

Our take

Because of things like high fees and a lack of local branches, about half of the adults in Africa still do not have a bank account. Although this is an improvement on past estimates, the continent is still significantly underbanked - which is what Wave helps to combat.

Wave addresses this banking gap with technology, offering a straightforward and cost-effective tool accessible via mobile. The impact has been substantial. A 2021 GSMA report suggested over 500 million mobile money accounts were registered in Africa, facilitating transactions valued at nearly $500 billion.

Wave has already established its presence in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Mali, using steady investment to expand its footprint. It also continues to enhance product development and engineering efforts, as well as shore up business operations.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.3)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$10m

LATE VC

Sep 2021

$200m

SERIES A

Total funding: $210m

Company benefits

Subsidised health insurance for you and your dependents (vary from country to country)
6 months fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year
$10,000 annual charitable donation matching
Retirement contributions (vary from country to country)
Yearly travel to one of our African operating countries

Company values

We’re egolessly mission driven
We focus ruthlessly on the most important thing
We’re embarrassingly honest to stay aligned and move quickly
We don’t wait – we live our fullest lives now
We maximize our rate of learning

Company HQ

Mermoz Sacre-coeur, Dakar, Dakar Region

Articles

Wave: Africa's largest digital remittance makes waves in Gambia

Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest $200M in African fintech Wave at $1.7B valuation

A mobile money company is Francophone Africa’s first billion-dollar startup

Money transfer firm Wave gets €90 million from IFC to spur financial inclusion in Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire

Leadership

Drew Durbin

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously co-founder and CEO at Sendwave (International Remittance).

Lincoln Quirk

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founder and CTO at Newsbrane, Engineer at Demiurge Studios and co-founder of Sendwave (International Remittance).

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