🇳🇬 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.) Credit Strategy Analyst
2.) Android Engineer (Kotlin)
3.) Strategic Partnerships Manager
4.) Mobile Engineer (Swift)
5.) Strategy & Operations Analyst
See job details and how to apply below.
1.) Credit Strategy Analyst
Job Title: Credit Strategy Analyst
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Category: Data & Decisioning
Role Overview
- As a Credit Strategy Analyst, you are supporting the analytics throughout the credit product life cycle, from product design, to credit acquisition, portfolio management, collection and profit & loss.
- You will work within the Decision Science team, reporting to the Credit Risk Analytics Lead.
Role and Responsibilities
- Portfolio performance metrics
- Policy rule analysis
- Profit and loss forecast
- Credit limit assignment analysis
- Affordability analysis
- Score cut-off analysis
- Collection rate
- Lending / Collection strategy A/B testing
Requirements
- Must have an academic background in a Mathematical discipline e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, etc.
- Must have 3+ years of experience as a quantitative analyst in a financial service
- Proficient in database languages SQL
- Proven knowledge of typical statistical tests used for A/B testing
- Proven knowledge of standard statistical software packages (open source language preferred)
- Understanding of credit portfolio performance metrics, including but not limited to annualised loss, vintage curves, roll rate, exposure at default, loss given default
- General programming language (open source language preferred, e.g. Python, R)
- Experience of developing business reports from end-to-end, i.e. from business requirement analysis, designing the visualisation layer of the reports, sourcing the data, developing and productionizing the report, and managing the stakeholders’ expectations.
- Experience in generating actionable insights from the reports, e.g. interpreting the monthly monitoring reports for the business owners in relation to their business interests, and recommending actions in response to the latest developments in the reports
Why Join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including, but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career Development & Growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave, etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Wellfare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goalr - employee wellness app
- Award-winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid office schedule.
Why Join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career Development & growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goalr - employee wellness app
- Award-winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
2.) Android Engineer (Kotlin)
Job Title: Android Engineer (Kotlin)
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Category: Tech
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
- BS/MS 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.
Why Join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career Development & growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goalr - employee wellness app
- Award winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
3.) Strategic Partnerships Manager
Job Title: Strategic Partnerships Manager
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Role overview
- We are seeking a seasoned Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our dynamic diverse and global team.
- The successful candidate will have a key role in developing relationships with merchants and processing companies to create and facilitate profitable partnerships.
- The Strategic Partnerships Manager will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities, creating, and implementing growth strategies, and fostering relationships with key industry players.
- You’ll have a proven track record in fintech, banking, finance, or a similar industry, with a focus on strategic partnerships, integrations, and incentives such as cashback programs.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic business development plans with the primary focus on building partnerships with merchants and complementary players in the fintech field.
- Identify new potential partnerships through market research, industry trends, and client feedback.
- Negotiate and manage relationships with existing and potential partners, facilitating mutually beneficial co-branding or cashback initiatives to boost customer engagement and loyalty.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (product, marketing, technology, legal, etc.) to ensure seamless integration and execution of partnership deals and related initiatives.
- Maintain and foster professional relationships with key decision-makers within partner organizations to ensure smooth business operations.
- Understand and keep up-to-date with the competitive landscape to effectively strategize business growth plans.
- Assist in the design and execution of service-level agreements (SLAs) and contracts with partner organizations.
- Regularly report on partnership performance and suggest improvement plans when needed.
- Build and develop strategic payments infrastructure partnerships among banking and payments providers, in line with Kuda’s banking strategy
- You will be responsible for full-cycle growth of partnerships through growth strategy, contracts negotiation, internal project management.
- Ensure best-in-class, strategic deal management rooted in KPIs and alignment with partners on opportunities of mutual interest.
- Develop and grow Kuda’s relationships with strategic partners, including their senior management teams.
- Supporting the business to develop and maintain global banking and fintech relationships that add value to Kuda and our customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of total professional work experience, with at least 4+ years of developing partnerships within financial institutions and banks
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful business development strategies.
- Excellent negotiation, networking, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong understanding of customer behaviors and industry trends.
- Strong analytical abilities and problem-solving skills.
- Strong product knowledge and a track record of working effectively across multiple business functions
- Comprehensive experience implementing industry-wide partnership networks
- Experience negotiating complex commercial and product deals with tier-1 banking and payments institutions
- Superb verbal and written communication skills to effectively work cross-functionally and have the ability to speak and influence different teams internally and externally.
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your 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
- We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
4.) Mobile Engineer (Swift)
Job Title: Mobile Engineer (Swift)
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time (Hybrid)
Job Summary
- We are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer to work on our native iOS mobile application.
- You'll use your sound 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of industry experience (ideally working in a start-up or scale-up)
- Proficiency with UIKit/SwiftUI in building user interfaces
- Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation
- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
- Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
- Understanding of Apple’s design principles and human interface guidelines
- Experience with performance and memory management tools such as Profile Instruments
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools
- Familiar with CI/CD.
Benefits
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career development & growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goal - employee wellness app
- Award winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
5.) Strategy & Operations Analyst
Job Title: Strategy & Operations Analyst
Location: Lagos
Role overview
- We are looking for a tech-savvy Strategy & Operations Analyst to support Kuda’s leadership team in delivering on high-priority initiatives and driving operational excellence.
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving ambiguous problems, and is motivated by impact.
- You will play a key role in driving alignment across teams by supporting OKR tracking, leading quarterly business reviews, improving our Notion-based operating system, and providing analytical insights to support decision-making.
- This is a high-impact role with direct exposure to leadership and critical business decisions.
Responsibilities
- Support company-wide OKRs, helping teams define objectives, track progress, and stay focused on strategic goals.
- Coordinate Quarterly Business Reviews, ensuring effective progress reviews, early identification of blockers, and clear next steps.
- Manage and improve Kuda’s internal operating processes, leveraging Notion and other tools to optimise dashboards, templates, and team workflows.
- Identify and drive continuous improvement, optimising processes and introducing efficiencies across teams.
- Provide analytical and operational support to leadership, turning data into actionable insights to inform key decisions.
Requirements
- 2 - 3 years experience in consulting, strategy, business operations, or fast-paced startup environments.
- Strong organisational and project management skills, able to manage multiple initiatives end-to-end.
- Tech-savvy mindset with solid proficiency in tools like Notion, Google Sheets/Slides, and a proactive approach to adopting new tools.
- Analytical thinking with the ability to translate data into clear recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging senior stakeholders.
- Self-starter attitude, comfortable taking ownership and driving outcomes independently.
- Bonus points for experience in fintech, operational excellence, or strategy roles in high-growth environments.
Benefits
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career development & growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goalr - employee wellness app
- Award winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
