Staff Software Engineer (Mobile)

About Kueski

Founded in 2012 with the mission to improve the financial lives of people in Mexico, Kueski is the leading buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer credit platform in Latin America, known for its innovative financial services. Its flagship product, Kueski Pay, allows customers to make purchases and pay later, both online and in physical stores and has become the payment choice for a quarter of Mexico's leading e-commerce merchants. Notably, it stands out as the first buy now, pay later (BNPL) option accessible to Mexican consumers on Amazon.com.mx.

Kueski is frequently recognized for its strong, diverse and inclusive company culture. In 2022, Kueski was named one of the most ethical companies in Mexico by AMITAI, and one of the best companies for both young professionals and female talent in Mexico by EFY. The company has also been named to CB Insights’ Fintech 250 list.

Purpose

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and delivering cutting-edge solutions that drive the success of our products and services. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of our technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for shaping and executing the Mobile technology strategy within Kueski

• Understand the underlying problem when facing a challenge

• Design and implement solutions for the problems

• Write software to achieve the business and team’s goals

• Fix bugs and resolve incidents

• Proactively identify and communicate risks to different audiences and specifically to leaders and main stakeholders of the organization

• Support and promote best practices among the team

• Mentor and support the team to increase their technical proficiency, always aligned with the org tech vision

• Ensure the team remains focused on the objective of the project

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

• Strong computer science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms

• Strong technical background in programming, at least 6+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer

• Comfortable using simulators and defining test cases for debugging code, enhancing performance and reliability

• Experience using tools for monitoring and troubleshooting services/API issues

• Setup of CI/CD pipelines

• Able to define architectures and patterns, also understand and clearly articulate the advantages and disadvantages of them.

• Familiar with A/B testing, and progressive rollouts

• Experience developing reliable apps that might face limited internet access

• Implementation of persistence mechanisms for mobile applications when offline

• Experience optimizing app performance

• Understanding how to build modular mobile applications

• Experience in the development of Android/iOS applications and have deployed them on Google Play/App Store

• Experience working with Mobile hardware and media: GPS, Camera, NFC, etc.

Nice to have:

• Working with Flutter/Dart packages

You’ll love working at Kueski because:

• We have a mission-driven culture focused on customer value, teamwork, humility,  and integrity. 

• Everyone is expected to have role clarity, career growth, and a personal development plan. Feedback and recognition  is embedded in our company processes, systems, and practices. 

• We ensure competitive salary, medical insurance, and wellbeing through ample and flexible time off as well as mental healthcare benefits.

• Everyone is an owner and eligible for competitive stock options with a company poised for success. We´re committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and we know this leads to incredible work.

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