Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)

What is NALA? At NALA, we’re on a mission to build a bank Africa loves to use. We are always keen to hear from capable, creative engineers who want to help us accomplish that goal. Customers currently use our app to make payments (in Tanzania and Uganda) 7x faster all without using the internet and across multiple accounts. We’re a small team based in Tanzania, Uganda and Egypt and growing our business and engineering functions. We graduated from Y Combinator a year ago and raised a new round of funding. Find us on TechCrunch, Fast Company and our blog.

Backed by: Y Combinator, Accel Partners (their first African Investment!), DST Global, DFS Lab, NYCA Partners, and several incredible fintech angel investors.

Who are we looking for? We are open to remote preferably in GMT to +3GMT timezones. We are looking for an experienced Android engineer who has an exceptional background in programming and software architecture--someone who is ready to dive into our Android codebase and build the best financial app for Africa. The ideal candidate is a lover of fintech, a quick learner, strong problem solver, and is not afraid to step out of his or her comfort zone to learn and try new technologies and strategies. The candidate will be expected to dive into the technical details of the product, contribute to NALA’s technical vision, and help recruit NALA’s growing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have had experience working in a fast-moving startup environment, and should be excited about the tough technical challenges we face.

Read the full job description here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17NhC0k-7F45St_vdezLmUrSd...

To apply ️ - Cover letter (why you, why would you like to work at NALA, what ways you think you could contribute to our team) - CV / Resume

Send both to benjamin (at) nala.money

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