Engineering Relations Partner
Moniepoint
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Moniepoint explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
<p><strong>About Moniepoint</strong></p>
<p>Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month. </p>
<p>As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in annual digital payment transaction value.</p>
<p><strong>About The Role</strong></p>
<p>We are looking for an Engineering Relations Partner to join the Corporate Affairs and R&D teams. You will work closely with our engineering teams to tell the story of what we’re building in a language that other expert engineers understand.</p>
<p><strong>This is a technical content execution role requiring strong, foundational engineering skills. </strong>You will translate what our engineers build and learn into high-quality narratives: the kind that earns genuine respect in engineering communities, gets accepted at top-tier conferences, and attracts exceptional engineers from around the world.</p>
<p>The right person for this role is a skilled engineer who has found their voice as a writer and communicator; someone who can walk into a room of engineers as a peer, ask the right questions, and come out with a story worth telling.</p>
<p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p>
<p><strong>To succeed in this role, you must have:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Strong engineering capabilities</strong>: A solid background in computer science or software engineering. You have written and shipped code professionally, understand modern system architectures, and can deeply engage with complex technical concepts.</li>
<li><strong>Technical depth</strong>: Experience working within fintech, infrastructure, distributed systems, or high-scale engineering environments where you can comfortably read codebases, interpret technical documentation, and grasp deep architecture choices.</li>
<li><strong>Exceptional writing skills</strong>: Clarity, precision, and the ability to articulate intricate technical trade-offs and ideas accessibly without oversimplifying or watering them down.</li>
<li><strong>Proactive narrative instinct</strong>: The ability to independently dive into engineering projects, spot the most compelling technical breakthroughs or lessons, and build content around them without needing explicit instruction.</li>
<li><strong>Technical credibility</strong>: A genuine, firsthand understanding of what makes technical content credible, shareable, and respected by discerning engineering communities.</li>
<li><strong>Autonomy</strong>: The ability to manage multiple projects, technical interviews, and deadlines independently in a fully remote environment.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>It's a strong plus if you have:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Active engineering or open-source involvement:</strong> An active presence in developer spaces, an updated technical blog, open-source contributions, or a history of speaking at engineering conferences.</li>
<li><strong>Developer Relations experience</strong>: Background in DevRel or managing technical communities, showing you know how to engage developers authentically at scale.</li>
<li><strong>Track record in technical publishing</strong>: Experience drafting accepted conference abstracts/proposals (CFPs) for recognized industry events.</li>
<li><strong>Multimodal content production</strong>: Experience writing technical video scripts, technical teardowns, or working alongside creative production teams.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What to expect in the hiring process</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>A preliminary phone call with the recruiter</li>
<li>A take-home assessment</li>
<li>Panel interview</li>
<li>Executive interview</li>
</ul>
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
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About Moniepoint
Moniepoint is a company in the Marketing & Sales industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 20 open positions on Hirezar. View all Moniepoint jobs →