Senior Mobile Software Engineer

at One Acre Fund
Location Lagos, Nigeria
Date Posted September 28, 2021
Category Engineering
Job Type Full-time
Currency NGN

Description

About the Role:
Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truckloads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments, and analyzing loan repayments.

Specific challenges that our mobile solutions have to overcome include:

  • High usability requirements – targeting users with little computer proficiency
  • Offline-first, to provide a good experience with no or limited network connectivity
  • Running on cheap hardware

Our mobile technology is React-Native, Sentry, Detox, and our tooling landscape is based on GitHub / JIRA / Slack / Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities:

  • Report to our Mobile team lead
  • Work as part of a small, collaborative, and agile team of mobile developers
  • Design, develop, document, test, and support our mobile solutions according to our standards
  • Ensure smooth progress of your projects
  • Participate in your Agile team’s lifecycle
  • Contribute to your department’s improvement by sharing knowledge, sharpening your skills, suggesting different ways of working, and developing
  • Provide technical mentoring to junior team members.

Career Growth and Development:

  • We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance.
  • We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications:
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

  • 5+ years of experience in Software Development
  • Expert level in one or more mobile frameworks, ideally React-Native for Android, with 3+ years of experience
  • A mindset of testing and automation
  • Experience working in Agile
  • A passion for solving problems and a customer mindset.

Eligibility:

  • One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Benefits & Perks:

  • Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
  • Health insurance and other comprehensive benefits including a professional development stipend
  • 6 weeks of leave
  • Flexible work from home policy
  • Flexible Bring-Your-Own-Device policy with laptop allowance
  • Free-lunch Fridays and regular happy hour nights
  • A rare opportunity to apply your skills to make an impact in the world by working with a top-ranked non-profit!
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