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Technical Lead
2026-11-13T08:53:18+00:00
Abacus
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Pharmaceutical
Science & Engineering, Computer & IT, Management, Team leader
KES
MONTH
2026-11-27T17:00:00+00:00
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As a global professional services leader, we specialize in Technology, Outsourcing, and People solutions. With nearly 40 years of experience, we specialize in providing the bespoke solutions to enable organisations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth.

Role Summary

Provides technical leadership and engineering direction across software delivery squads within the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (CoE). Responsible for guiding solution design, engineering quality, architecture alignment, development standards, and technical delivery execution. Works closely with architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions are delivered in alignment with business and technology objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and guide software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software solutions
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and support engineering best practice
  • Drive solution design, architecture alignment, and technical decision-making across projects and platform
  • Collaborate with architects, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and delivery approaches
  • Ensure engineering standards, coding practices, security controls, and quality assurance processes are implemented consistently
  • Support estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery execution activities
  • Review and approve technical designs, code quality, and implementation approaches
  • Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers
  • Support DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering practices across delivery teams
  • Mentor and coach developers and engineers to improve technical capability and engineering maturity
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Software Engineering CoE
  • Support production stability, operational readiness, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities where required
  • Contribute to reusable engineering assets, frameworks, accelerators, and standards
  • Collaborate with Business Operations, Delivery leads, and stakeholders to support governance and reporting requirements
  • Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices

Qualification & Experience

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field preferred

At least 8–10 years of experience in software engineering and application development environments

At least 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery initiatives

Strong experience in enterprise application architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software engineering practices

Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models

Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and scalable application design

Experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Relevant technical certifications advantageous

Preferred Skills

  • Technical leadership and mentoring
  • Solution design and architecture alignment
  • Strong software engineering and coding capability
  • API, integration, and microservices development
  • DevOps and CI/CD practices
  • Cloud engineering and platform technologies
  • Analytical and problem-solving capability
  • Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Risk and dependency management
  • Process improvement and engineering optimisation
  • Strong collaboration and team leadership capability
  • Ability to work independently and across multiple agile squads
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
  • Lead and guide software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software solutions
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and support engineering best practice
  • Drive solution design, architecture alignment, and technical decision-making across projects and platform
  • Collaborate with architects, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and delivery approaches
  • Ensure engineering standards, coding practices, security controls, and quality assurance processes are implemented consistently
  • Support estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery execution activities
  • Review and approve technical designs, code quality, and implementation approaches
  • Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers
  • Support DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering practices across delivery teams
  • Mentor and coach developers and engineers to improve technical capability and engineering maturity
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Software Engineering CoE
  • Support production stability, operational readiness, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities where required
  • Contribute to reusable engineering assets, frameworks, accelerators, and standards
  • Collaborate with Business Operations, Delivery leads, and stakeholders to support governance and reporting requirements
  • Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices
  • Technical leadership and mentoring
  • Solution design and architecture alignment
  • Strong software engineering and coding capability
  • API, integration, and microservices development
  • DevOps and CI/CD practices
  • Cloud engineering and platform technologies
  • Analytical and problem-solving capability
  • Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Risk and dependency management
  • Process improvement and engineering optimisation
  • Strong collaboration and team leadership capability
  • Ability to work independently and across multiple agile squads
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field preferred
  • At least 8–10 years of experience in software engineering and application development environments
  • At least 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery initiatives
  • Strong experience in enterprise application architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software engineering practices
  • Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models
  • Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and scalable application design
  • Experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Relevant technical certifications advantageous
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Technical Lead

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Pharmaceutical, Category: Science & Engineering, Computer & IT, Management, Team leader]

Jobs at:
Abacus

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, November 27 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

As a global professional services leader, we specialize in Technology, Outsourcing, and People solutions. With nearly 40 years of experience, we specialize in providing the bespoke solutions to enable organisations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth.

Role Summary

Provides technical leadership and engineering direction across software delivery squads within the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (CoE). Responsible for guiding solution design, engineering quality, architecture alignment, development standards, and technical delivery execution. Works closely with architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions are delivered in alignment with business and technology objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and guide software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software solutions
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and support engineering best practice
  • Drive solution design, architecture alignment, and technical decision-making across projects and platform
  • Collaborate with architects, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and delivery approaches
  • Ensure engineering standards, coding practices, security controls, and quality assurance processes are implemented consistently
  • Support estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery execution activities
  • Review and approve technical designs, code quality, and implementation approaches
  • Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers
  • Support DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering practices across delivery teams
  • Mentor and coach developers and engineers to improve technical capability and engineering maturity
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Software Engineering CoE
  • Support production stability, operational readiness, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities where required
  • Contribute to reusable engineering assets, frameworks, accelerators, and standards
  • Collaborate with Business Operations, Delivery leads, and stakeholders to support governance and reporting requirements
  • Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices

Qualification & Experience

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field preferred

At least 8–10 years of experience in software engineering and application development environments

At least 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery initiatives

Strong experience in enterprise application architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software engineering practices

Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models

Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and scalable application design

Experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Relevant technical certifications advantageous

Preferred Skills

  • Technical leadership and mentoring
  • Solution design and architecture alignment
  • Strong software engineering and coding capability
  • API, integration, and microservices development
  • DevOps and CI/CD practices
  • Cloud engineering and platform technologies
  • Analytical and problem-solving capability
  • Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Risk and dependency management
  • Process improvement and engineering optimisation
  • Strong collaboration and team leadership capability
  • Ability to work independently and across multiple agile squads
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, November 27 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 13-11-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 13-11-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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