Senior Front-end Mobile Engineer

Carry1St; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming and fintech company in Cape Town is looking for an experienced developer to build and optimize products on Android and iOS platforms. You'll develop new features for the Carry1st Shop apps and have ownership over your projects. Experience in Kotlin and API integration is essential. This role offers remote work flexibility and benefits including share options and learning opportunities.

Benefits

Remote working allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Co-working excursions

Social events

Birthday leave

Awesome equipment

Qualifications

• Experience building and releasing Android applications with Kotlin.
• Bonus for iOS apps built with Swift or mobile games/e-commerce apps.
• Experience with API integration via SDKs and REST.
• Experience with CI/CD and unit testing.
• High degree of ownership and can drive projects to completion.
• Curiosity in latest Android and iOS technologies.
• Experience in producing proof of concepts for new APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build next generation consumer products on Android and iOS.
• Develop new user-facing features for Carry1st Shop apps.
• Review and advise on the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Architect efficient and reusable code for future use.
• Optimize applications for speed and scalability.

Skills

Android application development with Kotlin

iOS application development with Swift

API integration via SDKs and REST

CI / CD and unit testing

Project ownership

Curiosity in latest Android and iOS technologies

Proof of concepts for new APIs

Job description

Carry1st is Africa's leading games publisher and monetization platform.

Our Platform business unit helps top global companies grow their player base and revenues across Africa and the Middle East; while our Studio unit acquires, develops, and publishes first-party mobile games for global audiences.

Our partners include Activision, EA, Riot Games, and NetEase, and we're backed by investors like a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Sony, Riot Games, and Nas.

We're scaling awesome content by solving hard problems at the intersection of content, publishing, and digital commerce.

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation of consumer products on the Android and iOS platform.
• Develop new user-facing features for both Carry1st Shop's Android and iOS apps.
• Review and advise on the technical feasibility of UI / UX designs.
• Architect efficient and reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability, resolving any performance issues.

Qualifications

• Years experience building and releasing Android applications with Kotlin.
• A bonus if you've iOS applications with Swift (or if you've built mobile games and / or e-commerce apps).
• Experience with API integration via SDKs and REST.
• Experience with CI / CD and unit testing.
• You show a high degree of ownership and can own / drive projects to completion.
• You show curiosity in the latest Android and iOS technologies and frameworks.
• Experience in producing proof of concepts for new Android and / or iOS APIs, and managing the release of Android and / or iOS applications.

Benefits

• Build awesome, industry-changing products, every day.
• Grow with a VC-backed startup at the intersection of gaming and fintech.
• Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates.
• Own shares in the Company—enabling you to benefit from the value you create.
• Co-working excursions: travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world.
• Awesome equipment: get everything you need to work effectively.
• Remote working allowance: receive an additional $ per year to optimise your WFH experience.
• Learning and development: attend courses, conferences and training events.
• Social events: participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates.
• Birthday leave: enjoy a paid day off on your special day.

Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

Join us!