Senior Web Engineer

undefined ago • 4 Years + • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Kuda is a money app for Africans aiming to make financial services accessible and affordable. We are seeking a Senior Web Engineer to contribute to this mission by developing and maintaining web applications. This role involves translating designs into high-quality code, optimizing applications, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance functionality and user-friendliness. The ideal candidate is passionate about bringing meaningful change to financial services in Africa.
Must have:
  • Write code to implement visual elements into various web applications
  • Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
  • Maintain web applications and implement any necessary additions or enhancements
  • Identify and troubleshoot various web application issues and coding problems
  • Collaborate with members of the team, including designers and back-end engineers, to consistently improve functionality and user-friendliness of web applications
  • Write functional requirement documents and specifications
Good to have:
  • Experience with micro front end applications
Perks:
  • Pension
  • Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Group life insurance
  • Health insurance
  • L&D training
  • 3 day per week remote working option

Job Details

Description

Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet.

We’re a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it’s only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda’ which means ‘love’ in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.

We’re giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.

We’ve raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we’re rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.

Role Overview:

We are in search of a Senior Web Engineer to help us grow into a 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.

Web Engineers are responsible for ensuring the alignment of web design and user experience requirements, optimizing web applications for maximum efficiency and maintaining brand consistency across all web pages, among other duties.

Web Engineers are required to work in teams alongside Backend Engineers, Product Managers and UX Designers to ensure all elements of web application creations are consistent. This requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Web Engineer Responsibilities:

  • Write code to implement visual elements into various web applications
  • Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
  • Maintain web applications and implement any necessary additions or enhancements
  • Identify and troubleshoot various web application issues and coding problems
  • Collaborate with members of the team, including designers and back-end engineers, to consistently improve functionality and user-friendliness of web applications.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of working experience using React
  • A keen interest in UX and understanding of key design principle
  • Experience with Redux and Context API and building reusable components for future use
  • Experience with micro front end applications is a bonus
  • Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
  • Proficient understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
  • Good understanding of SEO principles including web analytics and ensuring that application will adhere to them
  • Write functional requirement documents and specifications.
  • Willingness to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
  • Good interpersonal skills.

Benefits

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

Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.

We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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About The Company

A few years ago, a small team of people determined to transform banking launched a savings app for Nigerians. That app was the first step toward Kuda. Kuda is a full-service digital bank. Our mission is to make banking accessible, affordable and rewarding for all Africans. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round recorded in Africa, and completed Series B funding round in 2021, led by some of the world's most respected institutional investors.

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