Senior Android Engineer

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Mobile Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Tala is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their team and contribute to their life-changing financial services app. The role involves developing features for a large global user base, with a focus on creating excellent user experiences. Responsibilities include cloning the Android app for the Indian market, supporting it with feature updates, delivering customer-focused features that prioritize polish, stability, and security, and establishing best practices for Android engineering. The engineer will also develop/improve complex features and provide guidance on integrating with external partners, as well as participate in refactoring the current codebase for better abstraction and modularization.
Must have:
  • 5+ years as an Android Engineer
  • 3-5+ years experience with Kotlin
  • 1-3+ years experience with MVVM/coroutines/flows
  • 1+ year experience with Jetpack Compose
  • Expertise in AI aided development

Job Details

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.

By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer to contribute to our life-changing financial services app.  In this role, you’ll join the elite team of Android engineers developing features for our large global user base.  Enthusiasm and drive for crafting a great user experience is a must.  If you enjoy taking a complicated idea/process and simplifying it for the user into a beautiful and compelling experience, then our team may be the right place for you.

What You'll Do

    • Responsible for cloning the Android app into the India app, and thereafter supporting it with feature updates.
    • Deliver customer-focused features that prioritize polish, stability, and security
    • Help establish, improve, and exemplify best practices for Android engineering
    • Develop/improve complex features for current and future supported countriesProvide guidance when integrating with external partners (tracking, payment/KYC, support, etc.)
    • Participate in refactoring the current codebase to achieve better abstraction and modularization

What You'll Need

    • 5+ years working as an Android Engineer
    •  Kotlin (3-5 years+)
    • MVVM/coroutines/flows (1-3+ years)
    • Jetpack Compose (1 year+)
    • Expert in AI aided development, including context management and prompt creation. Is up to date on existing technologies including Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude. Uses CoPilot, VSCode or similar. Is able to implement AI-created work in many/most situations
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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