Brief Description

Reporting to Development Lead Fintech, the M-PESA MiniApps Development Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining mini-applications within the M-PESA ecosystem. The role focuses on enabling internal and third-party integrations, building customer-centric experiences on the M-PESA Super App, and ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable mini-app solutions that drive merchant, consumer, and ecosystem growth.

Key Responsibilities

• MiniApp Development
  • Design, develop, and maintain mini-applications on the M-PESA Super App platform using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Flutter).
  • Implement APIs and SDKs for seamless integration with M-PESA Core Services (payments, authentication, wallet, and merchant services).
• Integration & Ecosystem Enablement
  • Work closely with internal and external developers, startups, and merchants to onboard and integrate their services into the MiniApps platform.
  • Ensure API contracts, sandbox environments, and developer tools are well-documented and easy to use.
• Security & Compliance
  • Apply secure coding practices aligned to Cybersecurity baselines standard and regulations.
  • Implement tokenization, secure session handling, and strong identity verification (OAuth2/JWT).
• Performance & Reliability
  • Optimize mini-apps for performance, offline capabilities, and minimal data usage.
  • Ensure resilience, observability, and scalability across multiple user journeys.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
  • Partner with Product Owners, Designers, Architects, and QA to deliver high-quality features.
  • Contribute to internal developer platforms and tooling to improve the speed and consistency of MiniApps delivery.
  • Participate in code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile ceremonies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of experience in mobile/web application development with modern frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, Flutter, React Native).
• Handson experience in development of native mobile apps on Android and iOS operating systems using kotlin and swift programming languages
• Strong experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs, API Gateways, and secure integrations.
• Solid understanding of OAuth2, JWT, and token-based authentication.
• Hands-on experience with payments, fintech, or e-commerce applications is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Strong problem-solving skills, debugging, and performance optimization experience.
• Experience building super-app mini-programs (e.g., WeChat Mini Programs, Alipay MiniApps).
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and microservices.
• Familiarity with SDK development for third-party integration.
• Exposure to design systems and UI/UX best practices.