Software Engineer (Android) at Cowrywise

Cowrywise is a digital wealth management platform democratising access to savings and investment products for the underserved but growing millennials in Africa. Joining us would mean being part of an interdisciplinary team with a lofty vision of building the next-generation wealth management platform for Africans.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer (Android)

Location: Lagos
Type: Full-Time
Department: Engineering

Details

• This requires us to cater to the teeming population of Android mobile app users across the continent. We’re looking for a Software engineer(Android focused) to help us achieve this goal.

You Will Be

• Designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform
• Working with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders across the company to bring new features and products to our customers.
• Working with user research and product design to understand users and address their needs
• Performing Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Working with other engineers to perform bug fixes and improving application speed, usability, and performance.

Requirements

• Experience with developing apps with Android SDK
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin, Java
• 2+ years of experience developing Android mobile applications, with at least 1 sample project on the google play store.
• Working knowledge of AAC and android Jetpack
• Familiarity with Room, LiveData, Coroutines, Retrofit, WorkManager, etc
• Ability to use git
• Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background
• Close familiarity with software engineering tools, software development methodology, TDD, and release processes is a big advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Instructions:

• Complete this Test Android Test (Currency Converter) and submit in the application form
• Build the APK and upload to google drive. Make sure it is accessible by everyone. Enter the link in the application form.