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Job Offer: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

@fric Payment Solutions
📍 Douala 🇨🇲CDI🗓️ about 1 month ago

Job Description

Douala
CDI

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Job Offer: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at @Money Payment Solutions @fric Payment Solutions, a fast-growing player in the FinTech sector, is looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to drive its technology strategy and ensure the operational excellence of its digital payment and financial services platforms.

Main duties

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Company @Money Payment Solutions

Location

Workplace Douala, Cameroon (Present) Industry: FinTech, Payment and Digital Financial Solutions Contract type: Permanent (with trial period of 3 to 6 months), Full-time

Candidate profile

Remuneration: To be negotiated according to profile and experience

Job overview

@fric Payment Solutions designs, develops and operates secure, scalable payment solutions that meet international standards. In a context of high availability and performance requirements, the company strengthens its technological governance. The CTO will be a key member of the management committee, guaranteeing technical vision, robust infrastructure and quality IT services. Main duties and responsibilities

    1. Governance and Technology Strategy Define and carry the group’s technological vision in perfect alignment with business objectives. Develop and follow the technology roadmap in the short, medium and long term. Ensure the scalability, resilience and performance of FinTech platforms. Manage architecture choices (microservices, event-driven, cloud, security) and ensure constant technological and regulatory monitoring.
    1. IT Team Management and Leadership Directly supervise technical managers: Leads Backend, Frontend (Web & Mobile), QA, Network Engineer, DBA, CBS Engineer and the IT Helpdesk team.

Responsibilities

Structure the IT organization by clearly defining roles, responsibilities and processes. Establish a corporate culture focused on quality, responsibility, safety and performance. Support the development of employees’ skills through coaching and mentoring.

    1. Software Architecture and Development Supervise technical architectures: Microservices, REST APIs, batch processing (Spring Batch), event streaming (Kafka). Ensure compliance with good development practices (Clean Code, SOLID principles) and conduct code reviews. Validate technical choices on the backend, frontend and mobile layers to ensure overall system consistency.
    1. Infrastructure, Cloud and DevOps Oversee all IT infrastructures, networks and cloud environments. Ensure high availability, fault tolerance and scalability of services. Manage Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines via GitHub or GitLab. Supervise the use of Docker and implement robust SRE / DevOps practices.
    1. Data Management and Databases Oversee the architecture and operation of databases (MongoDB, MySQL). Ensure the integrity, availability and absolute security of data. Define and test backup, recovery and recovery plans (PRA/DRP).
    1. Security and Compliance Take final responsibility for software, infrastructure and application security. Control the authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g. Keycloak). Implement FinTech security standards (OWASP, encryption, access management). Oversee security audits, incident management and contribute to compliance processes (e.g. ISO 27001).
    1. Supervision, Monitoring and Operations Supervise monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki). Ensure the stability of systems in a production environment. Define and track technical performance indicators (IT KPIs). Candidate profile

Education / Qualifications

Diploma: Bac+5 minimum in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems and Networks or equivalent field.

Experience

Experience: Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in IT, including several years as a Technical Lead, Architect or CTO. Context: Proven experience in FinTech, banking or critical systems environments. Management: Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams. Key Technical Skills Backend & Architecture: Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring Batch, Kafka, REST APIs. Databases: MongoDB (Replica Set, Sharding, Cluster), MySQL (Master / Slave). Frontend & Mobile: Vue.js, Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Laravel, Android, iOS, Flutter. Security & Monitoring: Keycloak, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, FinTech security best practices. DevOps & Infrastructures: Docker, CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab), Linux, cloud servers. Personal qualities

Other information

Leadership: Ability to federate and inspire diverse teams around a common goal. Communication: Excellence in popularizing technical concepts for Top Management. Strategic vision: Ability to anticipate market developments and FinTech technologies. Rigor: High sense of responsibility for financial data security and compliance. Resilience: Ability to effectively manage critical situations (production incidents, cyber risks). Results orientation: A culture of operational excellence. Languages English: Current / Professional. English: Professional (bilingualism is a major asset). Why Join @Money Payment Solutions? A strategic position at the heart of the company’s decisions. Strong autonomy in technological choices and orientation. A demanding, innovative and stimulating FinTech environment. An already structured and ambitious technical team. A real and measurable impact on large-scale financial solutions.

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Fort de plusieurs années d’expérience IT, je candidate chez @fric Payment Solutions pour apporter ma rigueur sur DevOps. Mon parcours allie expertise technique et compréhension des enjeux africains.

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