Senior Mobile App Developer

Background

At Pula, we are building the systems that enable farmers worldwide to access insurance, using technology to insure previously uninsured populations. We work across multiple countries in Africa and Asia, partnering with insurers, governments, and distribution partners to deliver insurance programs at scale.

As part of this mission, Pula’s Data Services help partners meet operational and compliance needs by combining large scale farmer registration and geo mapping, field data collection, traceability, and reporting into interoperable platforms. This work supports use cases such as supply chain compliance, including European Union Deforestation Regulation requirements, and government or institution led delivery programs.

For this role, you will build and operate mobile applications that enable reliable data capture and partner workflows in real world operating environments with unique challenges such as offline environment, and you will collaborate closely with backend and product teams as part of a broader Data Services engineering organization that is being scaled to match growing strategic importance.

Core values of  Pula:

• Obsessed with results:
  We are responsible for our future and therefore we get things done!
• Connect the Dots:
  We continuously identify different customer needs & business problems and build solutions that deliver value.
• Have a Can-do Attitude!
  We dare to do things differently to make things work.
• We have each others’ back:
  We look out for each other & we share high-quality, timely feedback that makes us better.

The Opportunity

We are hiring a Senior Mobile App Developer to own our production Android mobile app and to build our new iOS mobile app from scratch. You will work as part of a team, collaborating closely with other engineers to deliver and operate mobile applications.

This is an individual contributor role with end to end ownership across both platforms. You will be accountable for mobile architecture, code quality, testing baseline, release discipline, and production monitoring. 

Core Tech Stack:

• Android: Kotlin
• iOS: Swift and Kotlin multiplatform
• Platform context for collaboration: Python (Django), Vue.js, Celery, Docker, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services

Responsibilities 

1) Android app ownership (Kotlin)

• Maintain and improve the existing production mobile app used for farm data collection
• Improve stability, performance, and data quality
• Plan and deliver upgrades, refactors, and technical debt reduction without disrupting operations

2) iOS app build out (Swift / Kotlin Multiplatform)

• Build the iOS app as a first class product, aligned with the Android experience and backend interfaces
• Establish iOS architecture, project structure, and release pipeline
• Deliver the first production release and iterate toward feature parity based on agreed scope and priorities

3) Architecture and quality ownership (both platforms)

• Set and maintain the mobile architecture baseline for long term maintainability
• Establish and enforce engineering quality practices, including:
  • Testing strategy and minimum coverage expectations
  • Release and deployment discipline
  • Monitoring and crash analytics, with a clear incident fixing workflow
• Define clear technical decisions and document them in English

4) Cross functional delivery

• Work closely with product, design, and backend engineers to define scope, tradeoffs, and delivery plans
• Collaborate on application programming interface contracts, data models, and synchronization flows
• Contribute to multiple delivery contexts, including:
  • Government delivery projects
  • Internal operations mobile app improvements and maintenance
  • Business to business customer facing mobile app features
  • New mobile apps for emerging services

Background Requirements

• 7+ years of professional mobile app development experience
• Strong production experience in both:
  • Android development with Kotlin
  • iOS development with Swift
• Proven experience setting up and owning mobile architecture and engineering quality practices, including:
  • Testing baseline and strategy
  • Release and deployment discipline
  • Monitoring and crash analytics, with a clear incident fixing workflow
• Experience owning a mobile product over time, including maintenance, upgrades, and incident fixing
• Professional fluency in English (Written & Verbal) - Communication is our bridge in a remote-first culture
• (If time zone is different) Ability to work within 2+/- of East Africa Time working hour of 09:00 to 17:00 (07:00 to 15:00 or 11:00 to 19:00)
  

Preferred Experience

• Experience delivering software for government or public sector programs
• Experience building and operating offline capable data collection mobile apps, including robust synchronization patterns
• Experience working with backend stacks similar to Python (Django) and PostgreSQL environments will be an added advantage.

What Pula Brings to the Table

Scope and ownership

• Full ownership of a production Android app used for farm data collection, plus greenfield iOS build in Swift
• Accountability for mobile architecture, testing baseline, release discipline, and production monitoring across both platforms

Real world problem space

• Build for field operations where connectivity can be intermittent and data quality matters
• Ship partner facing, operationally critical software used in programs involving governments and large institutions

Personal development

• Weekly check ins with your line manager, with clear expectations and feedback loops
• Regular performance feedback and career development conversations, including goal setting and progression planning
• Career reviews every 6 months, with dedicated time to discuss your aspirations and long term growth

Impact and creation

• High ownership role where your technical decisions directly shape product reliability, delivery outcomes, and partner trust
• Opportunity to define how the mobile team works as it scales, including pragmatic standards for architecture, testing, releases, and monitoring

Remuneration

• Competitive base salary aligned with seniority and experience
• Performance based bonus, if applicable
• Employee share option plan, if applicable, subject to role and location eligibility