Android Engineer at FairMoney Microfinance Bank – Lagos (Hybrid)

FairMoney Microfinance Bank is recruiting a hybrid Android Engineer in Lagos. The engineer will develop and maintain its customer-facing Android application, working with technology colleagues in Lagos and remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop and test Android features across the software development lifecycle.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, software reliability and testing.
• Share technical knowledge and mentor junior developers.
• Collaborate with engineers on Android integration with backend services and cloud infrastructure.

Technical environment

• Android app integrating with Ruby on Rails and Go backends, including Sidekiq and RSpec.
• Python Flask-based machine-learning APIs.
• AWS services including Kubernetes, SNS, SQS, Lambda, Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3 and Kinesis.
• GCP data-warehouse prototype using Cloud Storage, BigQuery and Cloud Composer; GitHub Actions CI/CD.

Requirements

• At least four years of professional native Android development and four years coding in Kotlin or Java.
• At least two years of pair programming, test-driven development and code review, plus two years working with unit, instrumented and end-to-end tests.
• Ability to write maintainable, high-quality code and work with multi-module applications.
• Familiarity with Clean Architecture, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines or RxJava.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools judiciously.
• Strong communication, teamwork, initiative, independent working and focus on results.

Benefits

• Private health insurance and pension plan.
• Training and development, remote-working provisions and paid time off.