Senior Frontend Engineer

About Kuda

Kuda, which means ‘love’ in Shona, is more than a fintech - it’s a movement to make financial services accessible, affordable, and truly rewarding for every African.

Backed by over $100 million from some of the world’s most respected investors, we’re building a smarter alternative to traditional banking - offering seamless money transfers, business banking, and instant access to credit, all through your device.

At Kuda, we don’t just build products - we build people. We share the love in how we collaborate, carry everyone along as we grow, break boundaries to challenge what’s possible, and show up every day committed to doing better.

If you’re driven by purpose, excited by impact, and ready to help redefine the future of finance in Africa, you’ll feel right at home here.

We’re on the lookout for a passionate Senior Frontend Engineer who is a creative problem solver and excited about to disrupting banking in Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications
• Reviewing application requirements, interface designs and identifying web-based user interactions
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance
• Documenting application changes and developing updates
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages
• You can comfortably work with CSS preprocessors such as Sass and Less
• Can write readable and logically sound Javascript
• Possess strong experience with user interface design
• Have great experience working as a React.js Developer
• Pocess the knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux
• Familiar with task runners like Grunt, Webpac and work on large-scale/complex front-end projects
• Empathize with the many different types of users who use Kuda
• You can think through product requirements to come up with ways of quickly solving problems
• You care deeply about performance, accessibility, and application design
• You can articulately communicate what you’re working on to non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

Why join Kuda?

At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritise your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

💜A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team

👴Pension

📈Career Development & growth

😁Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays

🎁Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)

💯Group life insurance

💖Medical insurance

🎁Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)

✅ Awardco

🏃‍♀️Goalr - employee wellness app

🥇Award winning L&D training

💒 We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule

Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.

We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.