Android App Developer Kijani Forestry

Changing rainfall patterns are devastating the lives of African farmers. Even worse, to survive droughts, farmers often turn to deforestation to feed their families. Kijani partners with farmers to plant millions of trees to provide sustainable livelihoods and reverse deforestation. We plant trees to break the cycle of climate-induced poverty in Africa.

Kijani is seeking an experienced Android App Developer to join this exponentiallygrowing company committed to reshaping the future of Africa. You will be the right candidate for this position if you embody the below characteristics and are ready to bring a level of excellence to the company as we grow. You will be an ambitious, intelligent self-starter who is detail-oriented and desires to grow alongside Kijani.

Key Characteristics
1. Caring: We empathize with and consider the needs of others. We conduct business with compassion.
2. Passionate: We are enthusiastically committed to the vision of positively impacting people’s lives through planting trees.
3. Innovative: We are willing to take big, bold, calculated risks to address the scale of problem we’re solving. We remain open to consider new and novel solutions.

Critical Actions
1. Listen: We take time to listen and understand before decisions are made.
2. Improve: We are never satisfied with the status quo, and continuously look for how to get better.
3. Keep our word: We do what we say, and refuse to make promises that we cannot fulfill.
The role will involve the design, development, and maintenance of our mobile apps, with a focus on creating high-performance, user-friendly, and scalable solutions appropriate to the local context. The candidate should have experience with Airtable or a similar relational database. Familiarity with machine learning and AR is a plus. The role will require some time being spent in Gulu, Uganda.

Key Responsibilities:
• Design and develop new features for our Android apps
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Test and debug apps to ensure proper functionality and performance
• Troubleshoot and debug any issues that may arise during development Key Qualifications:
• 3+ years of experience developing Android apps
• Strong understanding of Java and Android SDK
• Experience with Airtable or similar relational database integrations
• Familiarity with machine learning is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work well in a team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work
• Openness to listen to key stakeholders and account for cultural differences