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About Chipper Cash

Address
Lenana Road Nairobi, Kenya 00100
Company size
201-500 employees

Summary

What we do

Chipper Cash is a venture-capital-backed Financial technology company that builds software to enable free and instant Peer-to-peer Cross-border payments in Africa and Europe; as well as solutions for businesses and merchants to process online and in-store payments.

Why Work For Us

Chipper Cash is the largest mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa. We are a passionate team, dedicated to expanding financial inclusion in some of the global regions most in need of accessible, interoperable, easy-to-use, and affordable financial services. We are a small team. You will be encouraged to engage in high-level technical decision making, and there will be a lot of room for growth for early hires as the company continues to expand. The Chipper team is truly global on a daily basis, you might be interacting with team members in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Accra, Lagos, and Nairobi. You will not be micromanaged. We have an engineering team culture centered on open-communication, honest feedback, and personal responsibility.

Our Culture

The first thing you’ll notice at Chipper is that we believe flexibility and adaptability are key to delivering the best possible experience to our team so that you can have the biggest possible impact. We're remote-first with offices in Accra, Cape Town, Lagos, London, and San Francisco, for you to connect with your team. Join at a pivotal moment; the opportunity is huge, but Chipper is just getting started. Help us shape the future of the next billion users.

Our Engineering Processes

Our Mobile Product teams are building the flagship Chipper Cash product as well as entirely new products that the fintech ecosystem has never seen before. You'll work cross-functionally with various designers, product owners & engineers to build and deliver exceptional user experiences and products for our 4+ million Chipper users.

About Our Tech Stack Fullstack Typescript Fully automated CI/CD using Semaphore and Github Unit testing with Jest/Mocha.

Mobile React Native - Android / iOS application Monitoring with BugSnag & Amplitude Global state management with Redux Chipper UI design system powered by: Styled Components & StoryBook

Backend Node.js - service-based architecture PostgreSQL application databases RabbitMQ for inter-server communication Server hosting on Heroku and Google Cloud Platform Monitoring with Datadog & Logz.io Snowflake for data warehousing and analysis Python for in-depth data analysis, transformation, and reporting

Our Hiring Process

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chipper Cash is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

If there are any accommodations that we can provide during the interview process that help you to be confident and do your best work, don’t hesitate to let us know.

Perks at Chipper Cash

Competitive Salary
Wellness Program
Chipper Care Leave
Career Development
Remote first, incl home office stipend
Monthly connectivity stipend
Medical, dental & vision coverage
Pension plan/401(k)
Equity for all
In-house wellness coaches
Paid time off & Chipper Care leave
Fitness & nutrition workshops

Tech Stack

application and data

Heroku
Heroku
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Node.js
Node.js
Python
Python
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
TypeScript
TypeScript
React Native
React Native
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform

utilities

Google Analytics
Google Analytics

dev ops

GitHub
GitHub
Android Studio
Android Studio
Datadog
Datadog

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack
Zoom
Zoom

Office Photos

Office photo
Office photo
Office photo
Office photo