Software Engineer (Mobile) at Klasha Nigeria

Klasha makes it easy for African consumers to shop online. We build technology that allows African consumers to easily access the goods they want on the continent. We enable payments online in local African currencies and can handle the last-mile logistics for our retail partners too. Statistically, Africa is the future, so we believe consumers on the continent should have the same frictionless access to the global e-commerce economy as consumers in the West.

Klasha was founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018 and is backed by Techstars, Ginco Investments and a group of notable angel investors. Klasha is run by 20-somethings from five nationalities that speak six different languages between them. Klasha has offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer (Mobile)

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Engineering

About the Role

• As a Mobile Engineer at Klasha, you'll be joining a high-performing team that is the bedrock of our offering. 
• This role would suit a resourceful, high-performance IC with experience in greenfield projects.  
• We're a Seed-stage startup, so ideally you'd be comfortable wearing multiple hats. We're learning quickly, shipping regularly, and working cross-functionally to build the future of commerce in Africa. You'll join a mission-led team that cares deeply about connecting Africa with the global economy. 
• You'll be working with our candid and collaborative team, where your knowledge and advice about application architecture and the newest mobile technologies will be highly appreciated.
• The code you write will need to be cleanly organized and of the highest quality. You’ll also help ensure solid application performance and an excellent user experience.

Responsibilities

• Developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models. 
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions.
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code.
• Fixing bugs and performance problems.
• Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application.
• Developing and building an app for use by Klasha as discussed with our lead developer.

Requirements

• Have two or more iOS/Android apps developed with Flutter. 
• Familiarity with Dart and Firebase.
• 7+ years in mobile software development.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle.
• Experience with automated testing and building.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools.
• Ability to write readable code, create extensive documentation for existing code, and refactor the previously written code into readable state.

Key Competencies:

• Good understanding of Git. 
• Understanding of Computer Science.
• Understanding of software development life cycle.
• Strong knowledge of different architecture approaches.
• Experience with GoF patterns.
• Knowledge of SQL.
• Strong knowledge of networking.
• Strong knowledge of Flutter framework.
• Experience in Android or iOS. 

Benefits
People are the heart of our business, so we prioritise welfare and offer a wide range of competitive benefits including but not limited to:

• Fully Remote (+/- 5 hours WAT) 
• All the latest technology you need to do your role.
• Employee stock option scheme.
• Private health insurance.
• Mental health wellness benefits; Headspace app subscription and Spill mental health support.
• Budget for French language classes.
• One-time home office set-up allowance.
• Work-from-anywhere weeks; work from anywhere for three weeks in a year.
• Paid birthday day off.
• Team building events.
• Paid parental leave.
• Learning and development budget.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.