.Our client believes that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa for the better. Our client was built to help consumers access millions of goods and services conveniently and at the best prices while opening up a new way for sellers to reach consumers and grow their businesses. We are looking for great people to join our amazing teams and celebrate our achievements. Are you eager to work in a great team and share knowledge? Do you like problem analysis and solving? Do you have a solution-oriented and proactive attitude? We currently have open positions to work on Payment, Search, Shop, Vendor Management, and Food. What you will be doing Be part of the Engineering team and shape the long-term technology vision and strategy aligning with the company's objectives. Be a role model for the company's values. Work effectively cross-functionally and with the leadership, leveraging data and metrics to identify new opportunities for existing and new projects and features. Define architectural standards and guidelines across the company in collaboration with the Technical Advisory Group, Directors of Engineering, and Platform teams. Arbitrate on technical decisions within your scope. Define Operational Excellence KPIs and standards, and partner with Directors of Engineering to ensure highly performant solutions are developed and continuously improved. Drive performance and efficiency improvements across the platform, leading initiatives in load testing, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Ensure comprehensive documentation of system architecture, design decisions, and operational procedures. Mentor and develop Principal and Staff Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning. Ensure system reliability and compliance. Find a group of humble and intelligent people ready to make you grow and to grow with you. Change the Internet landscape in Africa and the World through your team. What we are looking for At least 3-5 years of experience working as a Principal Engineer - experience as an individual contributor working with agile methodologies and with experience architecting and running large-scale tier 1 systems. Expertise in designing and implementing complex system architectures, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Strong working experience with Java and web frameworks (preferably Spring), with exposure to multiple programming languages. Experience with event-driven architectures and tools for queueing and streaming (preferably Apache Kafka). Experienced working with large-scale Databases (SQL and NoSQL), with a good understanding of data modeling and optimization. Experience with containerization (preferably Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes). Strong black box test Automation experience is a plus. Experience designing and developing platforms built for scale is a plus. A proactive challenger mindset: if there's room for improvement, you'll say it