Jobs at Kuda

Key Responsibilities:

Scaling the Human Organisation

• Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse, distributed engineering team of 100+, ensuring high levels of engagement and professional development.
• Establish clear career frameworks and performance standards that reward technical excellence and leadership.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety where engineers feel empowered to take calculated risks and innovate.

Operational & Delivery Excellence

• Own the internal execution of the product roadmap, ensuring high velocity without compromising on quality or security.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices (e.g., GitOps, automated testing, CI/CD) to accelerate delivery cycles.
• Optimize engineering processes to reduce friction and improve the developer experience across all squads.

Technical Strategy & Scale

• Oversee the architectural integrity of our cloud-native, high-throughput, and low-latency financial systems.
• Ensure our core banking systems and microservices are built to handle millions of global customers.
• Drive cloud infrastructure consolidation to simplify maintenance and improve cost-efficiency.

Compliance & Security

• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure all software delivery upholds the highest standards of security and financial compliance.
• Ensure readiness for evolving standards (such as ISO 20022, 22301, CBN Risk-Based Cybersecurity Framework, PCI-DSS, etc) and lead the implementation of advanced security features.

Requirements

• Seasoned Technologist: 10+ years of engineering experience with a demonstrable background in building and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency financial systems.
• Proven Leadership: Previous experience leading large engineering organizations (100+) and building high-performance squads in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Cloud-Native Expertise: Deep understanding of modern cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Experience navigating the security and compliance mandates of financial regulatory bodies.

Hard Skills:

• Expertise in software delivery metrics (DORA metrics) and process optimization.
• Strong grasp of architectural patterns for scalable fintech applications (12 Factor Apps).
• Experience with automated regression testing and security-first development (DevSecOps).

Soft Skills:

• Clear Communication: Ability to translate complex technical challenges into business impact for executive and other business stakeholders.
• Empathetic Leadership: A commitment to fostering an inclusive, safe, and high-growth environment for engineers.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term organizational health.

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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 define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix 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
• Proficient with Swift Packet Manager and Cocoa Touch
• Proficiency 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