Founding Mobile Engineer

I was supporting Portugal in the World Cup, so it made sense for me to support on this too!

If you've been waiting for a chance to build something from scratch instead of inheriting someone else's codebase, this might be it.

I'm working with a fast-growing fintech building P2P and B2C payments, remittances, and neo-banking for Africa, starting with Kenya. Headquartered in Dubai, with a new European hub in Porto. (Exciting, right?)

You'll be the founding mobile engineer (a Flutter expert) , defining how the app is built, how it's tested, how it's deployed, and ultimately setting the standard for every mobile product that follows.

What you'll be doing:

• Architect and build a greenfield Flutter application from scratch.
• Own key technical decisions around state management, navigation, modularization, offline capabilities, and app performance.
• Deliver the first production release to users.
• Build payment capabilities including proximity payments and SoftPOS.
• Establish mobile CI/CD pipelines, staged rollouts, feature flags, and monitoring.
• Work closely with QA to define the testing strategy from day one.
• Play a key role in shaping how AI is embedded into the engineering workflow and product development.

What they're looking for:

• Strong commercial experience building Flutter applications at scale.
• You've personally architected and shipped consumer-facing mobile apps.
• Deep understanding of Flutter, Dart, state management, performance optimization, and offline-first development.
• Solid native iOS/Android knowledge for platform-specific functionality.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and secure mobile development.
• You've been using AI tools in your day-to-day work for over a year and have built AI automations or agents that genuinely save time.

Bonus points if you've worked in fintech, payments, wallets, or you've been an early engineering hire before.

📍 Location: Remote anywhere in Portugal (or nearby countries in the same time zone) or hybrid in Porto (if you love going into the office)

⏰ Working Hours: East Africa Time (EAT) with core collaboration hours from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM EAT

💰 Compensation: Highly competitive salary + comprehensive benefits

If this sounds like you or someone you know, reach out to me! Let's chat :)