Android Software Engineer Job at Branch… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Branch.
Descriptions;
Our mission is to deliver world-class financial services to the mobile generation Life moves faster than the pace of bank queues. Your smartphone is making the world a smaller place-and a faster one. Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company based in San Francisco, Nairobi, Lagos and Mumbai. We use technology to dramatically reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. Our first product is credit. Branch is like a bank in your pocket, there for you at all times.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contributing to the design and development of our Android app (written in a mix of Java and Kotlin).
- Scoping new projects and features with our product team, and implementing them (including contributing to some parts of our backend systems when needed).
- Managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Contributing to the overall engineering roadmap, including building out new products for the Indian market and beyond.
- Mentoring and teaching other team members.
Qualifications
- You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
- You are a passionate coder. You start and/or contribute to projects you’re excited about.
- You have experience architecting high-quality Android apps that interact with RESTful APIs and enjoy keeping up with the latest frameworks and development practices. It’s an additional bonus if you have working knowledge of languages such as Kotlin, Ruby and/or Python.
- You understand the value of writing thorough tests, and you are passionate about code quality and bug fixing.
- You are curious about new technologies and are eager to learn about and contribute to all parts of our technology stack.
- You are an excellent collaborator & communicator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
- You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world
