Architect / Engineering Lead (Nigeria)

Job Overview We are looking for a hands-on software engineer with years of experience building complex web applications, who has led teams through delivery and is comfortable making decisions across disparate technologies. You have deep skill in either backend or frontend engineering and are genuinely conversant in the other, enough to review the work, spot the risk, and make the call when the two sides disagree. Required Core Tasks 1. Architecture and technical direction Assess the current system — codebase, data model, infrastructure, dependencies — and produce a written architecture assessment with prioritized risks. Define the target architecture for [project scope], including service boundaries, data flow, integration points, and the migration path from where the system is today. Make and document the technology decisions the project depends on, with tradeoffs stated. Where the decision is reversible, say so; where it is not, make the case explicitly. Set the engineering standards the team works to: code review expectations, testing strategy, branching and release process, definition of done. 2.Hands-on delivery Write production code on the critical path — [expected split, e.…