What You'll Do

Act as an “anchor” position on the Android full time staff.
Act as the subject matter expert on not only Android in general, but also a specific slice of the Tala infrastructure (which will rotate over time).
“Anchor” the subject matter knowledge and allow other staff and/or contractors to seamlessly transition into and out of the group.
Have product feature responsibilities... (must deliver features) plus intra-group responsibilities (lead, train, PR review, participate in the Android Guild, etc).

What You'll Require

5+ years of experience, 4+ years of Android, 3+ years of Kotlin.
2+ apps in the Google Play store.
Android, Kotlin, Rx, Retrofit/OkHttp, Dagger, architectural patterns MVVM and MVP, CLEAN design including repos and use cases, modularization, unit testing and integration testing.
Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Jetpack navigation and Coroutine Flows. more

As a key member of Tala’s Global Business team, you will lead the the design, implementation and maintenance of the external affairs strategy for Tala Kenya to enhance Tala’s engagement with policymakers & relevant stakeholders. Additionally , you will build the organization’s ability to inform policy and Tala’s reputation as a thought leader and significant contributor, particularly in areas of... financial technology policy, financial inclusion, open banking, data privacy, sustainability and lending practices.

What You'll Do

Develop and implement external affairs strategic plans for informing key public policy issues, while enhancing corporate opportunities and mitigating threats.
Engage with governmental entities like CBK, ODPC, FRC, CMA, Ministries of MSME, Finance & Planning among other relevant public or private bodies.
Map all main stakeholders in order to establish a long-standing partnership with them.
Position Tala as the thought leader on financial inclusion, data privacy and lending practices using a variety of tactics, including direct lobbying, managing consultants, working through trade associations, building coalitions, and more.
Facilitate meetings at all levels between Tala executives, experts and key stakeholders, including policy makers, regulators and government leaders, industry associations, and alliance partners to promote and advocate for the company’s public policy objectives.
Work with Tala’s Global External Affairs Team to conduct research and provide expert advice to internal business partners about the policy environment relevant for Tala in the financial services sector.
Lead on the drafting of compelling position papers to express Tala’s thought leadership and to advocate for policy directives consistent with Tala’s mission and principles.
Assist in development and execution of our Country Leadership Team’s outreach to policymakers, ensuring that external government relations are adequately managed.
Identify and ensure current awareness of key external constituencies, including Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations and key opinion leaders that may have a positive/negative impact on our business.
Work closely with outside consultants responsible for helping develop the strategy and supporting the execution of the strategy, including coordination with public relations partners and internal teams for the design and management of public-facing events and campaigns.
Partner with key constituents (internal/external) to determine the most appropriate direction for building relationships and avoiding adverse legislative or public policy action. Identify potential threats and opportunities.
Leverage appropriate corporate membership opportunities in industry associations and policy organizations on behalf of Tala, and ensure appropriate utilization of outside consultants when necessary.
Demonstrate Tala’s principles internally and externally, in particular, strong ownership, bias for action and customer centricity.

What You'll Need

At least 5+ years of proven success in engaging with the government, regulators and private sector entities.
Strong communication and advocacy skills relevant to work with policymakers, private or public associations and political officials. This could be from prior experience within a regulatory authority, an administration, a trade association, or a company with complex policy and business issues and needs across a range of products or business activities.
Strong business acumen and ability to collaborate across multiple internal organizations including business groups and sales teams, identifying relevant issues, needs, and strategies to shape the external policy environment.
Excellent writing skills with the ability to translate those skills into persuasive advocacy materials and submissions to a variety of agencies and authorities on a range of issues.
Self-starter and entrepreneurial mentality that takes ownership and is able to effectively navigate ambiguous, fast moving environments. more

As a key member of Tala’s global Credit team, you will assess and manage the credit performance of a portfolio in an individual market by developing subject matter expertise in Tala’s customer segment and loan product. You will leverage our large amount of data to analyze, test, and make data-driven recommendations to improve our credit product offering, partnering closely with our product, data... science, and in-market team. The results of the initiatives you lead will increase financial access for our customers and drive positive business outcomes.

What You'll Do

Effectively assess and communicate the health of a given country’s portfolio, and make recommendations on credit strategy changes when necessary
Identify, test, and implement credit strategy, including approval/decline decisions and loan limit, pricing, and duration offerings
Contribute to the development of new products and features for various customer segments
Partner with other functional members of the country team to drive positive customer and business outcomes

What You'll Need

Previous experience working with either lending or other financial services analytics
Ability to set and manage own agenda based on business priorities and relative impact
2-4 years experience in analytical roles, with track record of success in FinTech, consumer lending, consumer banking or related industries
Proven strong problem solving and analytical skills
Proficiency in SQL (required) and Python (preferred)
Ability to pull, process, and interpret vast amounts of data in a self-sufficient manner
Ability to use a combination of data, assumptions, and intuition to formulate recommendations
Ability to navigate the product life cycle - taking an initiative from ideation to implementation
Curiosity that will enable you to quickly digest the Tala loan product business model
Comfort working and effectively communicating in a fast paced, dynamic environment with distributed teams more

The Senior Backend Engineer (Crypto) follows and improves upon Tala’s engineering processes and standards while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives
This is a technical leadership role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.

What You'll Do

Design and implement... features as defined in the Crypto Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Collaborate with external partners such as the blockchain development team to design integration, troubleshoot issues
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules

What You'll Need

5+ years of backend software engineering experience
5+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Expert knowledge in architecture & system design
Expert proficiency in Agile development process
Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields is a plus
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills
Ability to provide technical leadership & mentorship
Preferred crypto experience more

The Senior Backend Engineer builds and extends Tala’s backend architecture to support new country launches, new features, and fast growing user base. As a technologist and a leader, the Senior Backend Engineer pushes the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault tolerant, and performant microservices platform. The Senior Backend Engineer follows and improves upon Tala’s... engineering processes and standards while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives. This is a technical leadership role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.

Responsibilities

Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to microservices architecture
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules

Requirements

4+ years of backend software engineering experience
4+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Expert proficiency in Agile development process
Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields is a plus
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills more

The Senior Backend Engineer builds and extends Tala’s backend architecture to support new country launches, new features, and fast growing user base. As a technologist and a leader, the Senior Backend Engineer pushes the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault tolerant, and performant microservices platform. The Senior Backend Engineer follows and improves upon Tala’s... engineering processes and standards while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives. This is a technical leadership role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.

Responsibilities

Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to microservices architecture
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules

Requirements

4+ years of backend software engineering experience
4+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Expert proficiency in Agile development process
Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields is a plus
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills more

The Role:

Tala is looking for a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to manage projects in our Global Markets Program. The role holder will report to the Global Markets Program Manager and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of projects using Agile practices and the Tala Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).  Successful candidates will have deep expertise in Agile methodologies... and have a background managing projects in high growth and remote first environments.  The ideal candidate for this position will be one who is comfortable taking a leadership role, who excels at sound decision making, understands when and why escalation is needed, and possesses a high level of emotional intelligence.

Program Team Mission:

Optimize our working environments and cultivate practices that empower Talazens to accomplish our common goals together by ensuring focus, alignment, collaboration, and transparency across all teams.

What You'll Do:

Manage project delivery using Agile practices and Tala SDLC . 
Organize project plans, schedules and review meetings for project success.
Track and ensure resolution of project risks and alignment of dependencies
Communicate consistent status updates at right level of detail for the audience
Foster a culture of continuous learning through the utilization of demos, retros and established performance metrics.
In collaboration with Engineering, manage resource and capacity planning. 
Develop a strong understanding of context (across markets) of our internal tools to optimize for efficiency, productivity, and team morale.

What You'll Need:

3-5 years of Project Management experience with proven expertise in Agile methodologies, concepts, practices, and standards
2+ years experience leveraging software development and team collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, etc
Checked ego, humble, empathetic, collaborative, service-oriented attitude of “customer first”.
Strong communication skills. Role will be responsible for cross functional communication, as well as status reporting and risk event updates, so candidates must have strong written and verbal skills.
Practical experience working at high growth company(s) with heavy virtual communications
Flexibility to respond to changing requirements and juggle multiple responsibilities
Comfortable working both as part of a team and independently - includes ability to set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and follow through on assignments with minimal direction. This role requires high EQ, comfort in taking ownership, and the ability to understand when escalation is needed
Ability to coach and mentor others on Agile practices in a replicable, scalable way
Proven experience managing technical projects and projects for distributed teams across multiple locations.
Experience in managing mobile app development, full stack software development projects in CICD environment, integration with third party APIs. 
Experience in managing other technical areas, such as BI, Data Engineering, IT are nice to have. more

The Senior Backend Engineer (Crypto) builds and extends Tala’s backend crypto architecture to support new country launches, new features, and a fast growing user base. As a technologist and a leader, the Senior Backend Engineer (Crypto) pushes the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault tolerant, and performant microservices platform.
The Senior Backend... Engineer (Crypto) follows and improves upon Tala’s engineering processes and standards while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives
This is a technical leadership role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.

What You'll Do

Design and implement features as defined in the Crypto Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Collaborate with external partners such as the blockchain development team to design integration, troubleshoot issues
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times 
Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules

What You'll Need

5+ years of backend software engineering experience
5+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Expert knowledge in architecture & system design
Expert proficiency in Agile development process
Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields is a plus
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills
Ability to provide technical leadership & mentorship
Preferred crypto experience more

What you'll do:

Develop and maintain test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our legacy services and microservices.  
Integrate it into regression and release process
Deliver tools to help test integration with 3rd party services (loans, Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.)
Integrate automated tests execution into the software development... process
Collaborate with product lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout and support for quality releases. 
Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product
Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools, and processes

What you'll need:

Minimum 6+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Shell Scripting, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
Preferred Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and/or Math or equivalent skills
Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
Strong Knowledge  in automation and  microservices architecture.
Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban/ Scrumban)
Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab, Perforce
Experience in FinTech is a plus
Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate with a globally distributed team working in different timezones more

The Senior Web Applications Developer helps build Tala’s frontend application to support market operations, new features and migration process. They push the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault-tolerant, and performant platform. They are a great collaborator. The Senior Web Applications Developer follows and improves upon Tala’s engineering processes and standards... while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives. 
This is a technical role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Director Production Support and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.
What You'll Do:

Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, CX and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Help to continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solve problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to a microservices architecture
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for frontend modules
Help advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times 

What You'll Need:

5+ years of software engineering experience
3+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Javascript, Typescript 
Expert knowledge in building React based frontend applications
Familiarity with one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin 
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Familiarity in building services as part of microservices architecture deployed in a cloud environment
Experience working with both relational (MySQL) and non-relational (Cassandra, Redis) databases
Experience working with a team distributed globally 
Ability to prioritize and communicate effectively in a fast-paced environment
Proficiency with Agile development process 
Strong documentation skills
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills and develop junior engineers more

What you'll do:

Develop and maintain test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our legacy services and microservices.  
Integrate it into regression and release process
Deliver tools to help test integration with 3rd party services (loans, Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.)
Integrate automated tests execution into the software development... process
Collaborate with product lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout and support for quality releases. 
Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product
Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools, and processes

What you'll need:

Minimum 6+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Shell Scripting, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
Preferred Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and/or Math or equivalent skills
Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
Strong Knowledge  in automation and  microservices architecture.
Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban/ Scrumban)
Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab, Perforce
Experience in FinTech is a plus
Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate with a globally distributed team working in different timezones more

The Senior Web Applications Developer helps build Tala’s frontend application to support market operations, new features and migration process. They push the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault-tolerant, and performant platform. They are a great collaborator. The Senior Web Applications Developer follows and improves upon Tala’s engineering processes and standards... while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives. 
This is a technical role within Tala’s technical track. You will report to the Director Production Support and collaborate cross-functionally with all Tala teams across the globe.
What You'll Do:

Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, CX and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Help to continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solve problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to a microservices architecture
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for frontend modules
Help advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times 

What You'll Need:

5+ years of software engineering experience
3+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Javascript, Typescript 
Expert knowledge in building React based frontend applications
Familiarity with one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin 
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Familiarity in building services as part of microservices architecture deployed in a cloud environment
Experience working with both relational (MySQL) and non-relational (Cassandra, Redis) databases
Experience working with a team distributed globally 
Ability to prioritize and communicate effectively in a fast-paced environment
Proficiency with Agile development process 
Strong documentation skills
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills and develop junior engineers more

What You'll Do?

Handle Bank reconciliation activities, including posting of payments and reconciliation of general ledger balance to bank statements for Tala Globally.
Support the accounting team with standardized roles ie Balance sheet account reconciliations.
Support Month_close processes.
Handle Ad-hoc Accounting projects
Handle 2-3 countries full-on month end close process.
Understand... local tax filing requirements.

What You'll Need

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Related Field
4+ years experience in the accounting and finance sector
CPA K registered with ICPAK
Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills
Good understanding of IFRS and US GAAP (added advantage)
Understand local tax requirements more

What You'll Do

Develop and maintain test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our legacy services and microservices.
Integrate it into regression and release process
Deliver tools to help test integration with 3rd party services (loans, Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.)
Integrate automated tests execution into the software development... process
Collaborate with product lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout and support for quality releases.
Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product
Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools, and processes

What You'll Need

Minimum 6+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Shell Scripting, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
Preferred Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and/or Math or equivalent skills
Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
Strong Knowledge in automation and microservices architecture.
Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban/ Scrumban)
Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab, Perforce
Experience in FinTech is a plus
Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate with a globally distributed team working in different timezones more

As a key member of Tala’s global Credit team, you will assess and manage the credit performance of a portfolio in an individual market by developing subject matter expertise in Tala’s customer segment and loan product. You will leverage our large amount of data to analyze, test, and make data-driven recommendations to improve our credit product offering, partnering closely with our product, data... science, and in-market team. The results of the initiatives you lead will increase financial access for our customers and drive positive business outcomes.
What You'll Do

Effectively assess and communicate the health of a given country’s portfolio, and make recommendations on credit strategy changes when necessary
Identify, test, and implement credit strategy, including approval/decline decisions and loan limit, pricing, and duration offerings
Contribute to the development of new products and features for various customer segments
Partner with other functional members of the country team to drive positive customer and business outcomes

What You Need

Previous experience working with either lending or other financial services analytics
Ability to set and manage own agenda based on business priorities and relative impact
2-4 years experience in analytical roles, with track record of success in FinTech, consumer lending, consumer banking or related industries
Proven strong problem solving and analytical skills
Proficiency in SQL and either Python or R
Ability to pull, process, and interpret vast amounts of data in a self-sufficient manner
Ability to use a combination of data, assumptions, and intuition to formulate recommendations
Ability to navigate the product life cycle - taking an initiative from ideation to implementation
Curiosity that will enable you to quickly digest the Tala loan product business model
Comfort working and effectively communicating in a fast paced, dynamic environment with distributed teams more

What You'll Do

Lead in-country growth strategy by identifying business challenges and monitoring emerging market trends and competitive intelligence across lending and accounts, with the goal of proposing analytically grounded, well-researched solutions, and drive execution.
Drive regular reporting that is consistent across markets that cover cross-functional challenges, as well as funnel and... credit metrics, to flag issues for the country and global leadership teams.
Continuously reviewing the operating environment to identify new and emerging risks and advise the GM on the various means to mitigate the identified risks.
Lead the Kenya marketing function and team, including planning and maintaining the annual budget, driving towards growth and retention targets for all products and ensuring seamless collaboration with global marketing functions.
Owning & evolving the country marketing strategy outlining our target audiences and the right value propositions to win them and differentiates us competitively, including leading product and marketing teams in the development of a go-to-market strategy for new products and services.
Work with the GM and the CX/CL Site Director to craft and implement analytically-led strategic and tactical changes to improve operations and performance of our customer experience (CX) and loan collection (CL) teams.

Qualifications

At least 5+ years at either a rapidly growing startup environment/company working in growth, new products, or new markets or a leading consulting firm working with fintech and finance partners helping them with growth - market or product expansion.
Strong leadership and management experience with ability to lead a team to execute on high-impact growth initiatives.
Expert understanding of the local market with strong industry networks.
Ability to review complex data and identify key issues from a wide range of data sources and make clear recommendations to change the channel/customer/brand/commercial plans.
Good understanding of commercial decision making and impact of key commercial decisions on the P&L and processes to enhance business performance.
Ability to use internal and external data to highlight insights and have experience with the Fintech industry data sources. more

What You'll Do

Responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring risk management policies, procedures and frameworks.
Act as the Data Protection Officer for Tala Kenya and a point of contact for Tala and its employees on all issues related to data protection duties and responsibilities.
Build and maintain a compliance structure for both regulatory obligations and policies and processes,... that will be used as the base for development, enhancement, monitoring and oversight for Tala’s compliance requirements.
Act as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer and a point of contact for all employees on issues relating to money laundering and financing of terrorism prevention, investigation or compliance.

What You Need

University degree in a related field, such as Law, B.Com , IT or Finance.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Risk, Compliance, Audit and Legal function, preferably within the financial services sector/ and or regulated industry.
Experience in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing, Economic Sanctions, Fraud Risk Management and Data Protection, ideally gained at a financial institution or in the fintech industry.
Have carried out at least one Data Protection Impact Assessment exercise.
Capability to assess risk and control, highlight deficiencies and recommend improvements.
Experience in handling internal audit assignments.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels.
Ambitious self-starter who is proactive and can work objectively with integrity and a high degree of regulatory awareness.
Resilient and able to thrive and lead in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Proven ability to work collaboratively both cross-functionally and vertically within an organization.
Ability to manage conflict. more

Responsibilities
 

Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient... code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology
Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to microservices architecture
Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules

Requirements

4+ years of backend software engineering experience
4+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
Expert proficiency in Agile development process
Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields is a plus
Demonstrated ability to interview candidates and evaluate technical skills more