Software Development Manager

at  Unifi Recruitment

JOB ADVERT SUMMARY

Unifi is a fast-growing consumer lending company operating in Zambia, South Africa, Uganda, and
Kenya. Unifi delivers personal lending products through online, mobile phone and branch channels.
The company is well supported by strong shareholders and a board of directors with vast experience in entrepreneurship and lending.
Unifi operates its own, proprietary loans management software, Unibos. The system is developed
and maintained by an existing tech team with many years of experience in the field. Recent company growth is putting pressure on the team. The main purpose of this role is to speed up delivery and ensure the developers can focus on coding.
The ideal candidate must be a hard worker, have solid coding experience and preferably have
experience in managing software developers. A healthy spirit of adventure and sense of humour
would be helpful.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Solid coding experience on an enterprise level financial system
• Good understanding of coding principles and standards
• 10+ years experience in software development field

• Leading and motivating a team of 6 experienced developers
• Ensuring high-quality development through coding standards, conducting code reviews, andensuring proper testing procedures
• Planning and managing changes
• Code management
• Give technical input in solution design phase
• Effective Communication and collaboration with other teams and stakeholders
• Expanding team capacity through increasing productivity and when appropriate recruitment
• Maintaining and Improving the development process