Job Description

Location: Europe (remote‑first) – occasional travel to Riga / Nairobi

Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Team size: 7‑person team

Hire type: New hire

Peers: Head of Engineering, Digital Experience; Head of Engineering, Platform; Head of IT; Heads of Product

Tech stack: AWS + on‑prem hybrid; Kubernetes (EKS + on‑prem K8s); GitHub Actions; Terraform

About Watu

Watu is a fintech company operating across Africa and Latin America, providing device financing and financial services to customers who have historically been excluded from the formal financial system. We finance motorcycles, smartphones and other productive assets through a technology‑first, data‑driven approach – enabling customers to own income‑generating assets and build credit histories.

Our technology platform supports millions of customer journeys across markets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, and beyond, with continued expansion into LATAM. The...

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