Senior Mobile App Developer

Pula is hiring a Senior Mobile App Developer to own their 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.