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KudaSenior iOS Engineer - Lagos
Kuda, the fintech behind a money app for Africans, is recruiting a Senior iOS Engineer for its native mobile app. The listing is titled for Lagos.…
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Kuda, the fintech behind a money app for Africans, is recruiting a Senior iOS Engineer for its native mobile app. The listing is titled for Lagos. The engineer applies sound knowledge of development tools to review existing code, find more efficient methods, solve problems and produce a great experience for users. Day-to-day work covers designing and building iOS applications, keeping performance, quality and responsiveness strong, and locating and fixing bottlenecks…
Job Description
Kuda, the fintech behind a money app for Africans, is recruiting a Senior iOS Engineer for its native mobile app. The listing is titled for Lagos. The engineer applies sound knowledge of development tools to review existing code, find more efficient methods, solve problems and produce a great experience for users.
Day-to-day work covers designing and building iOS applications, keeping performance, quality and responsiveness strong, and locating and fixing bottlenecks and defects. The engineer cooperates with colleagues from other disciplines to specify, design and deliver features, and helps uphold code quality, structure and automation. The job includes offline storage, threading, performance tuning, connecting the app to RESTful back-end services, and adhering to Apple's design guidelines.
The posting asks for at least five years of experience, preferably at an early-stage or growth-stage firm, and a computing degree or equivalent practice. It lists strong skill in Swift, Swift Package Manager and Cocoa Touch, UIKit or SwiftUI for interfaces, Core Data and Core Animation, profiling tools such as Instruments, push notification APIs, benchmarking, version control and CI/CD. The role is full-time with a hybrid in-office pattern. No salary is stated.
Responsibilities
- Develop iOS applications from design through release
- Protect performance, quality and responsiveness across the app
- Work with cross-team colleagues to specify, design and launch features
- Find and eliminate bottlenecks and defects
- Support code quality, architecture and automation practice
Requirements
- Five-plus years of industry background, preferably at an early-stage or growth-stage firm
- Degree in computing, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong command of Swift, Swift Package Manager and Cocoa Touch
- UIKit or SwiftUI for user interfaces
- Experience with Core Data and Core Animation
- Competence in offline storage, threading and performance optimization
- Comfort consuming RESTful APIs, plus wider web and UI/UX conventions
- Apple HIG familiarity and sound interface design judgment
- Ability to profile performance and memory with Instruments
- Experience with push notification services
- Benchmarking and optimization instincts
- Skilled with version control and familiar with CI/CD
Core Skills
Benefits
- Energetic, multinational colleagues
- Pension and career progression
- Annual leave plus holidays, and paid leave for family events, moving and study
- Group life and medical cover, plus a welfare scheme
- Wellness rewards, a wellness app and award-winning learning programs
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the job based?
The listing is titled for Lagos, and a hybrid in-office schedule is described.
What experience is required?
At least five years, preferably at an early-stage or growth-stage firm, plus a computing degree or equivalent practice.
Which tools and frameworks are named?
Swift, Swift Package Manager, Cocoa Touch, UIKit, SwiftUI, Core Data and Core Animation are named.
What is the salary?
No salary is given.
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