Twiga Android Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya

Twiga Android Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya

About Twiga

Twiga is a B2B e-commerce company that builds fair and reliable markets for agricultural producers, food manufacturers and retailers based on transparency and efficiency. Our Mission is to build a closed ecosystem for the African retail, anchored on affordable access to food and grocery across urban cities.

Our Ambition is to leverage technology, the ubiquity of mobile phones, modern distribution and logistics to modernize African retail.

Android Software Engineer Vacancy

The role holder will be responsible for end-to-end design to deployment lifecycle of Twiga’s Android applications. They are required to determine software engineering needs from product requirements, collaborating across the organisation to clarify requirements and expected outcomes.

The role holder is accountable for work assigned, ensuring that it is broken down into a plan with estimates, priorities and deliverables; ensuring that adherence to the plan and communicating when any adjustments to scope are needed to meet deadlines.

Additionally, he/she will contribute to the wellbeing of the Twiga technology ecosystem by monitoring and correcting software defects and reviewing and providing feedback on code and solutions developed by others.

Key Responsibilities

Android Software Engineering

Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to deliver new features.

Provide feedback and collaborate to greenlight a Product Requirements Document

Determine Android software engineering needs from product requirements resulting in the development of technical specifications at agreed standards

Produce a work breakdown structure with estimates, deadlines, and deliverables. Own features from technical specification, implementation right through to deployment into production

Deliver feature work consistently and on time whilst still tackling tech debt. Ensure that code fits agreed, accuracy, testability, and efficiency and style guidelines. Software systems that meet agreed SLO for performance and reliability

Defend technical decisions made in code review feedback

Finalise and own technical documentation for the developed features

Maintaining systems by monitoring and correcting software defects

Manage individual priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

On-Call Technical Support

Participate in on-call technical support rotation.

Triage user, service or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analysing the sources of issues and offering corrective measures

Innovation

Investigate new technologies and their applicability to the Twiga ecosystem

Reports on findings, with recommendations and a viable plan of action

Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies

In-Team Collaboration

Work with peers to build a stronger engineering team

Contribute to process improvements that boost productivity and quality of Twiga engineering
Contribute improvements

to existing documentation

Review code developed by others and provide feedback to ensure adherence to Twiga Engineering best practices

Contribute regular knowledge shares through a variety of mediums including lunch and learn sessions

Self-management

Model Twiga’s culture and way of working

Deliver the performance objectives set for the team. Hold monthly 1-on-1 performance reviews with line manager, and institute corrective action where performance falls below expectation.

Proactively manage own learning and development

Adhere to the annual leave plan agreed with the line manager

Adhere to people management policies

Compliance

Comply with all organization policies, procedures, and statutory guidelines. Minimize and mitigate risks to the organization and enforce zero-tolerance to non-compliance.

Close gaps/lapses identified as an outcome of audits; risk and/or any other compliance review; investigations; or other assessment mechanisms and take corrective/preventive actions within the agreed timelines.

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements

Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline. Or demonstrated equivalent skill/competence.

Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Application of computer science knowledge to design and develop Android software

Troubleshooting, debug and upgrading of existing Android software

Requirements elicitation and documentation for multi-stakeholder projects

Stakeholder communication

Strong knowledge of Android ecosystem, SDK, interface guidelines, versions, libraries, and how to deal with different screen sizes

Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services

Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”

Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers

Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

Can work accurately and quickly, to ensure key project milestones are achieved within set timelines, even when working under pressure.

Always have a positive attitude and approach to the role and team.

Knowledge of agile principles and methodologies i.e. Scrum and Kanban

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Twiga Android Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya

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