Head of Software Development at eRecruiter Nigeria

eRecruiter Nigeria has deep knowledge of Human resources and recruitment. Our business is in Talent acquisition, recruitment, outsourcing and everything that revolves around Talent. From acquisition to testing return on investment (ROI) on talent and everything in between. Our goal is to re-define the Nigerian recruitment industry.

In the last two years eRecruiter Nigeria has evolved to become a strong recruitment consulting brand in Nigeria. We have successfully expanded our operations to different practice areas.

These practices cover various sectors: Financial Services, Oil & Gas and Power, FMCG, Hospitality and Retail, Professional Services and Construction.

Each practice is supported by a cloud-based applicant tracking system (ATS) enabling consultants, wherever they are in the world, to access the same information. This way, our efficiency as a business is unparalleled. Also our approach of developing strong relationships with top professionals, each practice area is able to specialise in identifying and supplying high quality, hard-to-find, local and international candidates to our clients.

Our Capabilities:

Contingency Recruitment
Executive Search
Contract/Interim
Managed Services
Recruitment Training
Recruitment Strategy Design
Recruitment Benchmarking
International RecruitmentKey Responsibilities

Technology Leadership & Execution

Translate the consultant’s architecture into daily delivery and platform stability.
Drive execution of the product and technology roadmap across fintech, wallets, and MFB integrations.
Ensure platforms achieve regulatory-grade resilience, uptime, and scalability.

Engineering & Product Delivery

Lead backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps engineers locally.
Deliver features including wallets, QR payments, card services, microloans, and merchant dashboards.
Oversee integration with CBS, NIBSS, Interswitch, and card schemes (Visa, Verve, Mastercard).
Security, Compliance & Risk Management
Enforce PCI-DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, and CBN/NIBSS regulatory compliance.
Implement robust fraud prevention: AI-driven behavioural analytics, MFA, AML monitoring, and risk scoring.
Ensure resilience through API security, error handling, and DDoS protection.

Infrastructure & Operations

Manage cloud-native deployments (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring (ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana).
Deliver high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
Maintain strong vendor/regulator relationships (cloud providers, auditors, CBN, NCC).

Team Leadership & Collaboration

Recruit, mentor, and lead strong engineering and security teams locally.
Drive agile methodologies and DevSecOps culture.
Collaborate closely with the overseas consultant, ensuring architectural fidelity and safe code practices.

Requirements

Backend Development
Languages: Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, Python, Go
Frameworks: Spring Boot, Express.js
APIs: RESTful & gRPC
Frontend & Mobile Development
Frontend: React.js, Angular, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Mobile: Flutter, Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS)
Messaging & AI/ML
Messaging: Kafka (real-time streaming), RabbitMQ (message brokering)AI/ML: TensorFlow, PyTorch (fraud detection); Spark ML, Kafka Streams (real-time analytics)
Security, Compliance & Fraud Prevention
Standards: PCI-DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, SOC2, CBN compliance
Encryption: AES-256, TLS 1.3, HSM (FIPS 140-2 certified), tokenization
Fraud Prevention: MFA (biometrics, MPIN, device fingerprinting), OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT authentication.
Risk Mitigation: Rate limiting, DDoS protection (Cloudflare/Akamai WAF), AI-powered fraud detection
API Performance & Error Handling
Redis caching, GraphQL, Gzip/Brotli compression
Structured JSON error handling, retry mechanisms, circuit breaker pattern
ELK Stack, Prometheus, AI-based anomaly detection
Webhooks for async recovery & transaction notifications

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (Master’s preferred).
8–12+ years in senior technology roles.
Strong background in fintech/payments/digital banking platforms.
Proven ability to manage large-scale, high-availability systems with microservices architecture.
Hands-on experience with full technology stack listed above.