{"id":102221,"date":"2026-07-17T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/senior-technical-lead\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:48:29","slug":"senior-technical-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/senior-technical-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Technical Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Senior Technical Lead\", \"description\": \"Key Responsibilities\\nAssess the current state of engineering performance, DevOps maturity, platform reliability, and AI readiness, and establish improvement priorities.\\nLead the design and execution of initiatives that improve software delivery performance, quality, reliability, and developer productivity.\\nProvide technical leadership and design authority across engineering, platform, DevOps, and AI enablement initiatives.\\nEstablish and strengthen CI\/CD, testing, observability, release management, and reliability practices aligned with industry best practices.\\nDefine and implement governed AI enablement frameworks, including security, access controls, auditability, knowledge retrieval, and responsible AI practices.\\nCollaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, risk, compliance, operations, business stakeholders, and external partners to drive aligned execution.\\nDevelop and monitor engineering performance metrics and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure measurable business outcomes.\\nMentor internal teams and embed sustainable engineering standards, governance, and knowledge transfer to build long-term capability.\\nRequirements\\nExperience\\nMinimum\u00a07\u00a0years' experience\u00a0in software engineering or platform engineering.\\nMinimum\u00a05 years\u00a0in senior technical leadership or principal engineering roles.\\nDemonstrated experience leading enterprise DevOps transformations.\\nExperience improving engineering performance using DORA metrics or equivalent frameworks.\\nProven experience designing and implementing CI\/CD pipelines.\\nExperience leading cloud platform modernization initiatives.\\nExperience implementing observability and reliability engineering practices.\\nPractical experience delivering enterprise AI solutions with governance and security controls.\\nExperience working within regulated or enterprise environments is highly desirable.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-16\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"FinSense Africa\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-30T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> FinSense Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-30<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Assess the current state of engineering performance, DevOps maturity, platform reliability, and AI readiness, and establish improvement priorities.<br \/>Lead the design and execution of initiatives that improve software delivery performance, quality, reliability, and developer productivity.<br \/>Provide technical leadership and design authority across engineering, platform, DevOps, and AI enablement initiatives.<br \/>Establish and strengthen CI\/CD, testing, observability, release management, and reliability practices aligned with industry best practices.<br \/>Define and implement governed AI enablement frameworks, including security, access controls, auditability, knowledge retrieval, and responsible AI practices.<br \/>Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, risk, compliance, operations, business stakeholders, and external partners to drive aligned execution.<br \/>Develop and monitor engineering performance metrics and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure measurable business outcomes.<br \/>Mentor internal teams and embed sustainable engineering standards, governance, and knowledge transfer to build long-term capability.<br \/>Requirements<br \/>Experience<br \/>Minimum\u00a07\u00a0years&#8217; experience\u00a0in software engineering or platform engineering.<br \/>Minimum\u00a05 years\u00a0in senior technical leadership or principal engineering roles.<br \/>Demonstrated experience leading enterprise DevOps transformations.<br \/>Experience improving engineering performance using DORA metrics or equivalent frameworks.<br \/>Proven experience designing and implementing CI\/CD pipelines.<br \/>Experience leading cloud platform modernization initiatives.<br \/>Experience implementing observability and reliability engineering practices.<br \/>Practical experience delivering enterprise AI solutions with governance and security controls.<br \/>Experience working within regulated or enterprise environments is highly desirable.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to FinSense Africa on finsense.zohorecruit.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. 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