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As the head of engineering with Fuzu, you will will coordinate the work of the international engineering team and provide the team with the necessary guidance and coaching.
Fuzu is looking to hire a visionary Head of Engineering to take ownership of the Fuzu platform engineering.
As the head of engineering with Fuzu would be joining an ambitious and high-performing team of professionals with experience from leading startups and corporates in Europe, Africa, and the US.
About Fuzu
Fuzu builds and operates a career development platform that helps people accelerate their growth through career guidance, learning and inspirational content.
Similarly, we support employers in finding and nurturing their talent – the most valuable asset any organization possesses.
Fuzu personalizes the user experience based on advanced data architecture and ML-based algorithms. We have teams located in Finland, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ukraine.
Fuzu’s work has been recognized globally and has been nominated as one of the most promising growth companies in Africa and the Nordics.
Great software products can only be created by A-level performers who place the needs of the end-users at the forefront of everything.
As the Head of Engineering with Fuzu you will:
- Report to the Chief Product Officer (CPO)
- Own Fuzu platform-related business metrics related to engineering team deliverables (features, product releases, etc.)
- Lead the day-to-day engineering team’s work in close alignment with the product managers/design leads
- Lead the development of core platform assets with the support of the broader engineering team
- Own the Fuzu platform tech stack and software architecture
- Coordinate and operationalize Fuzu DevOps
- Work closely with product management in evaluating technical feasibility/RoI of planned product features and drive grooming and team level prioritization of product investments
- Work closely with the product design and engineering team members in sprint planning and identification of optimal design and technical solutions (problem-solving)
What Fuzu will expect from as the head of engineering with Fuzu:
- Minimum of 5 years of senior-level experience from technical (and commercial) product management, software development (optimally full-stack, but with strong back-end capabilities), system design, or related fields
- Experience from developing and operating complex SaaS and/or online platforms in preferably high-growth startups (in-house and/or leading software agencies)
- Data models and schemas – you have experience from working with complex data architectures and taxonomies as well as from aligning the evolution of the data architecture with the business needs
- Data- and end-user driven approach – you are able to evaluate the impact and technical feasibility of the proposed solutions and to align technical specifications with business and end-user needs
These are considered a plus:
- Technical specifications – you have experience from developing technical specifications and logical frameworks
- Experience from the following technologies: RoR, React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Heroku
- Experience from projects including machine learning (e.g. data classification, natural language processing, recommender systems) components
What the job as the Head of Engineering will offer:
- You get to work with one of the most significant challenges of our time
- A genuinely international work environment and a purpose-driven work culture makes Fuzu an exciting place to learn and grow
- A very data-driven environment where you will directly see the business impact of your work
- In-depth onboarding, plus continuous support and coaching
Fuzu strongly encourages candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are remote-friendly and welcome applications from everywhere. There is a possibility to work from or frequent our offices in Finland, Kenya or Nigeria.
Fuzu’s vision is to become the undisputed home of opportunities across Africa and support millions of people and thousands of organizations in preparing themselves for success. Now it is your chance to join the Fuzu team and to help us get there!
