M-PESA MiniApps Development Engineer

Nairobi, Kenya

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Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

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

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.

How to Apply 

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.