🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Kuda Bank – 5 Positions

Kuda is a full service, app-based digital bank. Our mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa, and completed a Series A funding round in February 2021, led by some of the world's smartest venture capital investors. With offices in London (our HQ), Lagos and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, Kuda is fast becoming recognised as the leading 'Neobank' for Africans.

To help us grow into the company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances, we are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) iOS Engineer
2.) Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer
3.) Android Engineer
4.) Partnerships Lead
5.) Product Owner, Business Banking

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Tech

Role Overview

• We are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer to work on our native iOS mobile application.
• S/he will use his or her understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems and create a fantastic experience for users.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Higher Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience.

Experience:

• Are proficient with Swift and Cocoa Touch.
• Have experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Have experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Have familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
• Have knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Have an understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Have experience with performance and memory tuning with tools such as Instruments, Shark, etc.
• Have familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Have a knack for benchmarking and optimization.
• Are proficient understanding of code versioning tools.
• Are familiar with continuous integration.

Personal Attributes:

• Willing to embrace and enrich Kuda culture of empathy, teamwork and passion
• Have a strong desire for learning and growth.

Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Tech

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Monitor debugging process results
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Test current products and identify deficiencies
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Develop and monitor performance metrics for all stages of the production process
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements and ensure consistent project execution
• Plan, create and manage the overall quality planning strategy
• Identify quality assurance process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

Requirements
You’ll be considered for this role if you:

• Are familiar with native android and ios development frameworks
• Have strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Have experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Have hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Have hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Have solid knowledge of SQL and scripting
• Have experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Have experience with performance and/or security testing
• Have a sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Are a team player
• Have good time-management skills
• Have great interpersonal and communication skills
• Have good problem-solving skills
• Can take the initiative and adapt to a fast-paced work environment.

Benefits
Why join Kuda?

At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Marketing

Role Overview

• We are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer to work on our Android mobile application.
• S/he will use his or her understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems and create a fantastic experience for users.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Requirements

• B.Sc / M.Sc Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven software development experience and Android skills development
• Proven working experience in Android app development and
• Have published at least one original Android app
• Experience with Android SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

Benefits
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Marketing

Role Overview

• We are looking for an experienced and brilliant Partnerships Lead to build and scale our commercial partnerships activities, starting with our core market in Nigeria.
• You will play a key role in defining our local partnerships strategy and go-to-market plans, prioritizing the highest value opportunities, which should drive significant growth and increase Group profitability.
• The key to this role will be for you to use your deep understanding of the Group’s objectives and to lead the efforts to identify commercial partnerships This will lead to material synergies that help deliver on the Group’s objectives across the two core areas of user-base growth and revenue generation.
• You will need to bring a creative mindset and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get the job done.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that you are able to deeply understand what the Group is aiming to achieve across all core objectives.
• Convert this understanding of Group objectives into a strategic plan that augments efforts to achieve these objectives.
• Source and proactively manage a partner pipeline to ensure consistent growth and regular deal flow.
• Building, managing, and growing new strategic commercial partnerships to drive growth and generate revenues.
• Reaching out to new partners, conducting presentations for prospective partners, negotiating and managing deals and agreements.
• Owning forecasts and define strategic partner metrics.
• Working with Kuda’s internal stakeholders: Growth, Marketing, Product, Legal and CX to maximize deal success.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in similar Business Development/Sales/Commercial roles
• Deep knowledge of working in a high-growth environment, with a strong network across the African market and direct connections to various key stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial personality with capability to manage multiple partnerships at the same time.
• Capability to prioritizing them based on the impact they can have on both the short and long term Group objectives.
• Strong commercial, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Over time, the ability to build out a wider team and to effectively coach and lead this team.

Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Department: Product

Role Overview & Purpose

• In this role, you will direct product development and ensure high return on investment (ROI.) You’ll translate ideas into strategy and features, and follow product development from start to finish.
• In addition to this, you will be required to prioritize and assess work for our technical team, this will include gathering feature requests as well as scheduling releases and coordinating sprints.
• To succeed in this role, you should be a perceptive and creative leader and a reliable problem-solver who is able to identify user needs and work with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.
• Ultimately, you’ll help us roll-out products that deliver our company’s vision.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement product strategies consistent with company vision.
• Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, features and end products.
• Work with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps.
• Lead product managers and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Produce and review product requirements documents (PRD).
• Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule.
• Make creative recommendations to expand product base and vision.
• Suggest ways to track product use and impact on end users.
• Incorporate feature requests into product roadmap.
• Groom and prioritize backlog.
• Develop user stories and define acceptance criteria.
• Set sprint goals.
• Write acceptance tests.
• Plan releases and upgrades.
• Determine, Project and Analyse commercial viability of the product.
• Continuous improvement in the product to ensure adoption by new users and increase the stickiness of the product.
• Follow progress of work and address production issues during sprints
• Analyze preferences and requests of end users.
• Refine our agile methodology based on results and client feedback.
• Keep track of industry trends.

Requirements

• B.Sc / BA in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role within a Business Banking environment.
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle.
• Background in software development and program management is preferred
• Familiarity with Agile framework.
• Exceptional organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills to ensure you are able to work with cross functional teams to achieve results.
• Strong problem-solving aptitude.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies is a plus.

Benefits
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online