Product Engineer; Android

Our mission

We’re making Africa the first cashless continent.

In 2017, over half the population in Sub‑Saharan Africa had no bank account. That was because the fees were too high, the closest branch could be miles away, and nobody accepted cards. Without access to financial institutions, people were forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners relied on lenders who charged extortionate rates. Parents spent hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We’re solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don’t always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal and peer‑to‑peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.

Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that’s where you come in…

Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal, with over 7 million users. And, we’re still in the early days of our product roadmap and potential impact on people’s everyday lives.

We’re looking for an engineer who’s independent and excited about getting things done. You’ll be responsible for building and improving the ways people pay and access money with Wave. You’ll take ownership of every aspect of the process, starting with a deep comprehension of the problem, collaborating with Product and Engineering managers to identify the optimal solution for our users, leading the entire life‑cycle of your project, and assisting the customer support team in resolving issues.

You’ll be joining our Field Product team, responsible for building and maintaining the tools used by our field operators to drive user growth.

Our to‑do list changes constantly, but here are some recent projects:

• Improved geo‑localisation of merchants.
• Re‑design of the Field App to match field operators behaviour.
• Supporting new country launches.
• Consolidating field operators on the same application.
• Improving permission management.

In this role you’ll:

• Collaborate with Product to design and build features for the tools used by our internal field operations teams.
• Investigate user feedback and resolve system bugs.
• Drive technical design discussions and direction.
• Actively pair with others and perform code reviews.
• Work closely with other Android engineers in the company to improve the way we do things.

• This is a fully remote role. Candidates must be based in one of our talent hub countries (UK, Spain, Kenya and Ghana) or in one of our operating markets in Africa including Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, or Burkina Faso.
• Wave provides a yearly $1,200 stipend to support coworking meetups with teammates.
• Remote team members are expected to travel to our operational markets (e.g. Senegal or Côte d’Ivoire) at least once a year. Exceptions apply, but we’ve found this key to understanding our users and product.
• We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months.
• Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, depending on your level and location, we offer a salary of up to $152,100 USD, plus a generous equity package.
• Major benefits:
  • Subsidised health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country).
  • 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidised fertility assistance.
  • Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21‑30 days exclusive of statutory holidays.
  • $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.

• Minimum of 5 years of…