Android Engineer

FairMoney is a pioneering mobile banking institution specializing in extending credit to emerging markets. Established in 2017, the company currently operates primarily within Nigeria, and it has secured nearly €50 million in funding from renowned global investors, including Tiger Global, DST, and Flourish Ventures.

In alignment with its vision, FairMoney is actively constructing the foremost mobile banking platform and point-of-sale (POS) solution tailored for emerging markets. The journey began with the introduction of a digital microcredit application exclusively available on Android and iOS devices. Today, FairMoney has significantly expanded its range of services, encompassing a comprehensive suite of financial products, such as current accounts, savings accounts, debit cards, and state-of-the-art POS solutions designed to meet the needs of both merchants and agents.

FairMoney thrives on its diverse workforce, bringing together talent from over 27 nationalities. This multicultural team drives the company's mission of reshaping financial services for underserved communities.

You will be working as a Software Engineer - Android in our Technology Division, alongside engineers in Lagos and remotely across the globe. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the core engineering team of a fast-growing fintech poised for more rapid growth in the coming years.

We are looking forward to you working on:

• Create, develop, and test new features; across the entire SDLC
• Maintain high-quality standards across all areas including code quality
• Knowledge sharing & mentor junior developers

Our technical stack:

• Our customer-facing product is an Android application;
• It communicates with a Ruby on Rails or Go-lang backend (sidekiq, rspec);
• Our ML pipeline is an API-flask (Python);
• We are hosted on AWS: we use Kubernetes, SNS, SQS, Lambdas, an RDS Aurora
• Mysql and PostgreSQL databases as well as DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis (data-stream,
• firehose);
• Prototype of a data warehouse on GCP (GCS, BigQuery, Cloud Composer);
• We run our CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• 4+ years of professional experience in Android native development.
• 4+ years Coding in Kotlin/Java
• 2+ years experience in pair programming, TDD, code reviews
• 2+ years Unit Tests, Instrumented Tests, and End to End Tests
• Ability to create clean, efficient and high-quality code
• You are familiar with multi-module apps
• You are comfortable with Clean architecture and using Coroutines (or RxJava)
• You are comfortable with Clean Architecture, Jetpack Compose, and Coroutines
• You use AI-assisted development tools well, and know where they help and where they don't

Soft Skills:

• Driven by impact
• Great team player & communicator, who at the same time can also work
• autonomously
• Proactive and hard-working - "Get it done" attitude
• Will to over-reach objectives
• Private Health Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Training & Development
• Remote work
• Paid Time Off

Recruitment Process

• HR Screening: 30 minutes
• Hiring Manager Interview: 30 minutes
• Technical interview with the Engineering team: 60 minutes.