Mobile Engineering Intern

About us

Content moderation runs around the clock, with reviewers in multiple time zones and languages. Since 2009, the company has expanded from listings into payments, shipping and seller financing.

The internship

We use React Native for the customer app and Kotlin for a couple of older Android modules. You will mostly work in React Native. Remote within Kenya. The team meets in Nairobi once a quarter, travel covered. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Day to day

• Integrate REST APIs and handle offline, slow network and error states
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and address review comments
• Reduce app size and startup time by removing unused packages and assets
• Manage app state with Provider, Riverpod, Bloc or Redux, following the existing pattern
• Join a weekly demo where you show what you built over screen share
• Review analytics events in Firebase to make sure new screens are tracked correctly
• Fix crashes reported in Firebase Crashlytics, starting with the most frequent ones

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Eligible to work in Kenya
• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Kenya for the duration of the internship
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or similar, graduating in between December 2027 and June 2028
• Available 30 or more hours a week for 6 months
• Working knowledge of Dart and Flutter, or JavaScript and React Native
• Basic understanding of app lifecycle, routing and state management
• An Android phone for testing. A Mac is only needed if you want to work on iOS builds
• Some exposure to Firebase (Auth, Firestore or Cloud Messaging)

What you'll learn

• You will see your code in a release build that goes out to the Play Store
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible pre-placement offer
• How crash reporting, analytics and staged rollouts work on a live app
• Writing state management code that holds up as an app grows

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: KES 38,000 - KES 54,000 per month

Perks

• Letter of recommendation
• Flexible hours
• Internet allowance
• Online learning budget
• Paid public holidays
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Millpond HQ.