Mobile Engineer

Do you have experience creating and maintaining software that enables mobile apps to function?  Are you looking to utilize your skillset whilst having a positive impact with tech?  Read on to find out more about our Mobile Engineer position!

The Company

Triggerise believes in a world where all youth have the power to choose where, when, and how they meet their sexual reproductive health needs. Our digital platform delivers scalable and verifiable sexual reproductive health services for young people in 5 main markets in Sub Saharan Africa - Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa and Burkina Faso. We work together with local communities and use nudges like reminders, discounts, and reward points to encourage our users to access and use sexual and reproductive health services. We also support our users in becoming micro-entrepreneurs and adding value to their economies.

Triggerise has offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Netherlands and Portugal. Globally, our team consists of 160 enthusiastic, international colleagues. Whether you are working from our biggest office in Nairobi, the fast-growing office in South Africa, or from home, our people are young and our culture is global and dynamic. Our work environment is fast-paced, informal, and friendly. You can learn more about what being part of Triggerise is like here.

The Job

You will be responsible for ensuring that our mobile app is able to function, and are in charge of the full mobile apps development cycle.

• You apply the principles of software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of our mobile software.
• You modify and tailor the app based on our automated frameworks and feedback from the field.
• You make sure our mobile apps are secure and safe with regard to information security and personal data.

About you

Having experience with mobile development and the principles of design, development maintenance, and more, you're excited by technology and passionate about utilizing it for social impact.

• You have 3+ years industry experience building Android applications.
• You have proficiency in using:
  • Kotlin
  • MVVM architecture
  • Dagger/Hilt dependency injection
  • Retrofit
  • Firebase
  • Git
• You’re a natural problem solver and naturally logical - you are always pioneering for the best solution.
• You’ve experienced working in a team environment, as well as independently.
• You have excellent English Skills.

Recruitment Process

• Introductory call with the recruiter
• Technical Assessment
• Two interviews with the tech team

The Rewards

At Triggerise we believe in being open, also when it comes to salaries. The monthly salary bracket for this position is €1,365 - €2,048 in Ethiopia, KSH 201,919 - KSH 302,878 in Kenya,  €2,046 - €€3,069 in Portugal and R38,525 - R52,972 in South Africa, plus benefits and allowances. We will offer you a salary in this bracket depending on your level of experience and how it relates to your future colleagues. If you would like to know more about the salaries in our other locations, please contact us.

In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:

• Great secondary benefits.
• A personal development budget.
• Unlimited holidays, if you can make it work with your team you’re good to go.
• Growth opportunities.
• A product to help shape as we grow, to leave your mark on how we do things.
• A vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations.

The details

Interested? Click apply now below! Want more information? Check out our website or contact our Global Recruiter. We only accept applications through the apply links, not by email.