Staff Software Engineer (Mobile)

About Kueski

At Kueski, we're dedicated to improving the financial lives of people in Mexico. Since 2012, we've been the leading buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer credit platform in Latin America, known for our innovative financial services. Our flagship product, Kueski Pay, provides seamless payment solutions for both online and in-store transactions, establishing itself as the preferred option for a quarter of Mexico's top e-commerce merchants. Notably, we were the first to introduce BNPL on Amazon Mexico.

We're a tech company with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration, and impact, fostering a strong, diverse, and inclusive company culture. In 2023, Kueski was recognized as the top BNPL platform by Fintech Breakthrough and earned the title of one of Mexico's most ethical companies from AMITAI. Additionally, we ranked as one of the Best Companies for Female Talent by EFY.

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

• Shape and execute the Mobile technology strategy within Kueski, setting a clear long-term vision for mobile development.

• Understand the underlying problems in technical challenges and propose strategic solutions.

• Guide the team technically, promoting best practices in architecture and code.

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and influence decision-making based on data and strategic thinking.

• Mentor and support the team to improve their technical skills, ensuring alignment with the organization's tech vision.

• Lead initiatives that foster proactive solutions, staying ahead of potential challenges.

• Ensure the team remains focused on the objectives of projects, continuously driving improvements.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

• At least 9+ years of experience as a software engineer with a strong technical background in mobile development.

• Familiar with using simulators and defining test cases to debug code, optimize performance, and improve reliability.

• Expertise in tools for monitoring and troubleshooting API issues and services.

• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.

• Proven ability to define architectures and patterns, with the ability to clearly articulate the pros and cons of different approaches.

• Experience with A/B testing and progressive rollouts for mobile apps.

• Strong skills in app performance optimization and ensuring scalability.

• Deep understanding of how to build modular mobile applications.

• Experience developing and deploying mobile applications on Google Play/App Store.

• Nice to have:

• Working with Flutter/Dart packages

Key areas of expertise

• Building iOS apps from scratch, with experience in defining and implementing:

• Deeplinks for seamless navigation.

• Feature Flags to enable dynamic feature toggling.

• Design Systems to ensure consistency across the app.

• Logging for monitoring and debugging.

• Hardware Management, including interactions with GPS, Camera, NFC, etc.

• Offline Management to ensure app functionality without internet access.

• Navigation Strategy to improve user experience.

• Performance Enhancement techniques to optimize app speed and reliability.

• Architectural Patterns to build scalable and maintainable applications.

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.

Kueski: Where talent excellence improves Mexican lives

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