Jobs
New Job Openings at Gokada
Gokada is a technology company focused on changing the face of transportation in Nigeria starting with an on-demand motorcycle taxi service in order to solve some of the country’s most challenging problems in logistics and transportation. We aim to help millions of passengers across the country rethink how they move by providing a safe and affordable engine for smart mobility.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior iOS Engineer
Location: Lagos
Position Summary
- To work alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.
Responsibilities/Tasks
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of our iOS applications
- Design and build applications that runs on iPhones and iPads
- Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
- See project from start to App Store
- Maintain the code base i.e fix bugs and correct bottlenecks
Requirements
- Must reside in Lagos
- Minimum of 5 years experience
- Proficient with Swift 4
- Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
- Experience with uploading apps to Apple store
- Experience with implementing great UIs that match provided mockups including animations.
- Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
- Experience with unit testing and UI tests
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- Experience with Continuous Integration
- Experience with MVVM or any other architecture
- Experience with popular libraries like RxSwift, Moya, Alamofire.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Free Gokada Rides
- Flexible working hours
- Ground floor opportunity as an early member of our business team; you’ll shape the direction of the company and redefine the face of the Nigerian transport industry
- Amazing corporate culture and un-arguably the best place to work in Nigeria
- Opportunity to join the next unicorn on the African continent
Job Title: Head, Business Development and Partnership
Location: Lagos
Position Summary
- To help build a sustainable business model for Gokada, its customers, its drivers, financing partners, and recruiting partners.
Responsibilities/Tasks
- Lead and execute market expansion initiatives by evaluating the costs and benefits of partner and driver incentive programs
- Take ownership of Gokada’s growth and that of its partners across Nigeria
- Manage the quality of drivers and partners on the Gokada platform
- Set up and support all Gokada’s business operations across Nigeria
- Execute marketing campaigns and activations, generating the loudest buzz
- Onboard new drivers and partners to the Gokada platform
- Analyse marketplace metrics to ascertain how to match supply with demand on the Gokada platform
Candidate Requirements
- Must Reside in Lagos
- Minimum of 5 years experience in running a startup or a strong experience in Consulting, investment banking or any data heavy background
- Have transferable experience in sharing economy, Internet business, transport industry, startup or dynamic high-growth company
- Have a data-driven analytical mindset
- Be a hustler, who gets the job done no matter what
- Have an MBA or an MSc. in a science/engineering, economics, finance or similar field
- Be passionate about new technology and ridesharing
- Excellent Communication skills
Benefits
- Free Gokada Rides
- Flexible working hours
- Ground floor opportunity as an early member of our business team; you’ll shape the direction of the company and redefine the face of the Nigerian transport industry
- Amazing corporate culture and un-arguably the best place to work in Nigeria
- Opportunity to join the next unicorn on the African continent
Job Title: Senior MEAN Stack Engineer
Location: Lagos
Position Summary
- We are looking for a MEAN Stack Developer who will be committed to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products.
Responsiblites
- Responsible for the development of robust and secure APIs that will power all our applications
- Development of robust and secure APIs that would power all Gokada platforms
- Work alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure.
- Resolve issues and fix bugs in good time of robust and secure APIs that will power all our applications
Requirements
- Must reside in Lagos
- Minimum of 5 years experience
- Proficient with JavaScript and Modern JavaScript (ES6, ES7).
- Experience with Nodejs Modules.
- Experience with Testing Libraries and Frameworks like Mocha, Chai, Sinon, Jest, Karma, Protractor.
- Experience with Web Sockets, Buffers and Streams in Nodejs.
- Familiarity with Building and Maintaining Restful Backend Services
- Familiarity with the JavaScript Module Pattern.
- Good Knowledge of Asynchronous programming in Javascript.
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Working knowledge in user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
- Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
- Knowledge of Continuous Delivery and Deployment
- Knowledge of AWS and its Cloud Messaging APIs.
- Knowledge of C or Rust Programming Language is a plus.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Free Gokada Rides
- Flexible working hours
- Ground floor opportunity as an early member of our business team; you’ll shape the direction of the company and redefine the face of the Nigerian transport industry
- Amazing corporate culture and un-arguably the best place to work in Nigeria
- Opportunity to join the next unicorn on the African continent
Job Title: Associate, PR & Offline Marketing
Location: Lagos
Position Summary
- We are looking for a Pr & Offline associate responsible for all non-digital marketing activities.
Responsibilities/Tasks
- Organize offline marketing campaigns such as TV ads, Radio ads and flyer distribution
- Organize publicity and prepare press release
- Manage offline marketing budget
- Give reports on offline marketing performance
Requirements
- Must reside in Lagos
- B.Sc Degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 3 years experience in managing offline marketing activities for a reputable company
- Experience in working in a start up, a high-growth environment and achieving aggressive targets
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Free Gokada Rides
- Flexible working hours
- Ground floor opportunity as an early member of our business team; you’ll shape the direction of the company and redefine the face of the Nigerian transport industry
- Amazing corporate culture and un-arguably the best place to work in Nigeria
- Opportunity to join the next unicorn on the African continent
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Applications with an updated CV to:
[email protected]