VP of Engineering — Scale & Secure Fintech Innovation (Hybrid)

Kuda; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group life insurance

Medical insurance

Wellness program

Hybrid work schedule

Career development

Job summary

Kuda is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead a 100+ engineer team across four countries. You will scale the organization, drive delivery excellence, and ensure regulatory and security compliance as we grow globally.

This leadership role bridges strategy and day-to-day execution, fostering psychological safety, technical excellence, and rapid innovation. You will own the product roadmap execution, implement modern practices (GitOps, CI/CD, automated testing), and optimize architectures for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience in high-throughput financial systems.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations (100+) in fast-growth environments.
• Deep understanding of modern cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Scale the human organisation with 100+ engineers across four countries.
• Own internal product roadmap execution with high velocity and security.
• Drive adoption of GitOps, automated testing, CI/CD to accelerate delivery cycles.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud-Native

Fintech

DevSecOps

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Kuda is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead a 100+ engineer team across four countries. You will scale the organization, drive delivery excellence, and ensure regulatory and security compliance as we grow globally.

This leadership role bridges strategy and day-to-day execution, fostering psychological safety, technical excellence, and rapid innovation. You will own the product roadmap execution, implement modern practices (GitOps, CI/CD, automated testing), and optimize architectures for