Job Description

Cellulant is the leading one-stop digital payments company in Africa operating in 10 markets i.e. Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique;
providing the glue connecting everyone to everything, every day.

To do this we are looking for qualified, passionate, dynamic and vibrant people to drive our strategy and agenda.

Role Summary: The Android developer will be responsible for developing, enhancing, and designing a world-class mobile application for our platform. We are looking for an exceptional Android Developer eager to deliver a best-in-class mobile application.

Reports To: Tech Lead.

Core Responsibilities:

• Contribute to Tingg application for the Android platform.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, architect, and ship new features.


• Work with outside data sources and APIs


• Leverage modern architectural patterns, third party libraries, and Kotlin / Java to deliver new features.


• Profile and improve app performance.


• UI automation with Espresso.


• Enforce code styles and best practices via code reviews and mentorship.


• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximise development efficiency and effectiveness.

Experience / Skills

• A strong grasp on the development, testing, and release lifecycles of mobile apps.


• Practical experience with the Android SDK, Android Architecture Components and excellent coding skills (experience in Kotlin is a plus, interest in learning is important)


• A sound understanding of Git, branching strategies, pull requests, and continuous integration.


• Experience working with Designers, Product Managers and other cross-functional teams


• Knowledge of algorithms, data structures and software engineering practices.


• Experience in building adaptive UIs for phones and tablets (XML layouts and custom views)


• Advanced in unit/functional testing using tools like JUnit and Espresso


• Burning love for the Android and Google ecosystems. You enjoy fancy apps and can’t wait to install every new developer preview.


• Over 3 years’ experience in native Android app development.


• An excellent team player who believes great teamwork is at the heart of all great products.

How to Apply

Send your CV in PDF, email subject: Android Developer to jobs@cellulant.com before September 30th, 2019.

Hiring will be done on a rolling basis.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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