iOS Engineer

Kuda, which means ‘love' in Shona, is more than a fintech - it's a movement to make financial services accessible, affordable, and truly rewarding for every African.

Backed by over $100 million from some of the world's most respected investors, we're building a smarter alternative to traditional banking - offering seamless money transfers, business banking, and instant access to credit, all through your device.

At Kuda, we don't just build products - we build people. We share the love in how we collaborate, carry everyone along as we grow, break boundaries to challenge what's possible, and show up every day committed to doing better.

If you're driven by purpose, excited by impact, and ready to help redefine the future of finance in Africa, you'll feel right at home here.

Role Overview

We are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer to work on our native iOS mobile application. You'll use your sound understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more effi cient processes, solve problems and create a fantastic experience for users.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to defi ne, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fi x bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Requirements

• 3+ years of industry experience (ideally working in a start-up or scale-up)
• Bachelors in Computer Science or a related fi eld or equivalent experience
• Profi cient with Swift Packet Manager and Cocoa Touch
• Profi ciency with UIKit/SwiftUI in building user interfaces
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation
• Experience with offl ine storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple's design principles and human interface guidelines
• Experience with performance and memory management tools such as Profi le Instruments
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifi cations
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Profi cient understanding of code versioning tools
• Familiar with CI/CD

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:

💜A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team

👴Pension

📈Career development & growth

😁Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays

🎁Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)

💖Medical insurance

🏃♂️YuLife - rewards for reaching health and fitness goals

🥇Award winning L&D training

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.