About Yassir: 

Yassir is the leading super App for on demand and payment services in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 26 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (+$43M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world including Y Combinator, which is the precursor of the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Doordash, among others. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

About the Role:

In this role, you will be part of our engineering team, working with a high quality code base and the latest tools, where you will promote your skills to be an expert in complex frontend development in Android (kotlin) native platforms. Your primary focus will be development of mobile applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to a highly dynamic environment, where root cause analysis and rapid collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products are required. 

What You’ll Do:

• Design and build mobile applications using Android (Kotlin).

• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features

• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.

• Work with the engineering and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution

• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule

What You'll Need:

• A BS degree in computer science or any equivalent experience

• MS degree and above preferred 

• Must have technical skills with at least 1 year experience 

• Language: Android (kotlin) 

• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notification

• Android development 

• Framework: Express.js.

• Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services

• Master source version control: GIT

• Nice to have technical skills (Strongly advised for senior profiles)

• Containers: Docker, kubernetes 

• Caching, Redis server 

• Web load balancing

• Scaling 

• OS administration

• Outstanding written & verbal communication skills

• Outstanding project management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• Highly organized, creative and critical thinker

• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment

• Procurement or legal background is a big plus

• Excellent judgment, communication and interpersonal skills

• Organized and obsessive about details

• Hard working, passionate and looking to embrace the challenge

• Thrive in high impact/high profile situations

• Enthusiastic about Yassir!