Senior Software Engineering Manager USSD
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our client in the Digital Communications sector is looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager: USSD on a contract duration of 5 months.
Role Overview
The Senior Software Engineering Manager: USSD is responsible for leading the strategy design development and optimization of the organizations USSD platforms and services. This role ensures the delivery of highly reliable secure and scalable USSD applications that support high-volume transactional services such as mobile money payments and digital financial services. The role combines deep telecom and backend engineering expertise with leadership governance and delivery responsibilities to ensure seamless customer experiences across USSD channels while aligning with enterprise engineering and digital platform strategies.
Role Overview
The Senior Software Engineering Manager: USSD is responsible for leading the strategy design development and optimization of the organizations USSD platforms and services. This role ensures the delivery of highly reliable secure and scalable USSD applications that support high-volume transactional services such as mobile money payments and digital financial services. The role combines deep telecom and backend engineering expertise with leadership governance and delivery responsibilities to ensure seamless customer experiences across USSD channels while aligning with enterprise engineering and digital platform strategies.
Educational Qualifications
Relevant Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems Telecommunications Engineering or related discipline (mandatory).
- Postgraduate qualification (MBA MSc in IT Telecommunications or Software Engineering) advantageous.
- Cloud certifications (AWS Azure GCP).
- Telecom or network certifications (TM Forum Telecom Architecture frameworks).
- Agile / SAFe certifications (Scrum Master SAFe Practitioner).
- DevOps certifications (Docker Kubernetes CI/CD platforms).
Relevant Experience
- 1012 years experience in software or telecom platform engineering with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale USSD or telecom digital channel platforms.
- Strong experience integrating USSD platforms with mobile money systems payment platforms banking systems and telecom networks.
- Hands-on expertise in USSD gateway integration session management telecom protocols and transaction processing platforms.
- Experience implementing API-driven architectures microservices and cloud-native backend services supporting telecom channels.
- Experience managing vendors telecom partners and delivery pipelines.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Data Center Experience
- ArcGIS
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Construction Estimating
- Go
- Mathcad
- React
- Redux
- AWS
- Software Development
- Auto Estimating
- Distributed Systems
About Company
With 15 years of experience in the Telecommunications and Financial Services industry in Africa and the Middle East, we are experts at supporting our clients through their digital transformation journeys. We believe in blending traditional methods with cutting-edge strategies to drive ... View more
