Senior Android Developer at Carbon Nigeria

Carbon is a pan-African digital bank with a mission to provide friction-free finance to its customers. Carbon promises to play a fundamental role in its customers’ lives wherever they are, with flexible solutions. We pride ourselves on our efficiency and with just $10mm of equity raised in 2015, we have disbursed over $100m in loans and earned more than $30mm in revenue over the last 2 years. Carbon has operations in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, supported by a talented team spread between Lagos, Nairobi, London, Argentina, and Palo Alto so we operate with a remote-first mindset. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Android Developer

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Drive the direction of the mobile applications in the company to deliver robust, secure, and efficient experiences to make our customers happy.
• Design, develop, and improve our Android applications across all popular devices.
• Produce technical designs and lead developers during development.
• Build up best practices around Android development, code reviews, and training.
• Work with the Quality Assurance team to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Requirements

• BSc / MSc Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
• At least 4 years of  software development experience and Android skills development
• Experience building native apps in Android using Java (mandatory) and Kotlin
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have published at least one original Android app to the Play Store
• Experience with Android and Firebase SDKs
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Sound knowledge of Android components (Content providers, Broadcast receivers, services, activities, fragments, UI layouts, Intents ..)
• Fast-paced and able to work to deadlines.

The following are optional but will enhance your chances of being selected:

• Knowledge of at least one backend programming language
• Ability to work with UX prototyping tools like Figma, Adobe XD, InvisionApp, etc
• Knowledge of GIT
• Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and/or other automated testing skills.
• Overall software development experience of 5+ years
• Agile Development experience.
• Prior experience working with financial applications.

Benefits

• A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team.
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Career Development & Growth.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note
Recruitment process:

• Call with People team
• Case Study ( Assessment)
• Interview.