Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Mobile App Developer

at PULA

🏢 About PULA

PULA is a mission-driven company using technology to provide agricultural insurance to 4.9 million smallholder farmers, helping them build climate resilience. Unlike typical tech companies, PULA combines fintech with social impact, directly addressing food security challenges in vulnerable communities. Working here means your technical skills directly support sustainable agriculture and farmer livelihoods.

About This Role

This Senior Mobile App Developer role involves dual platform ownership: maintaining the existing Android app for farm data collection while building a new iOS app from scratch using Swift/Kotlin Multiplatform. You'll establish the mobile architecture foundation and release pipelines for both platforms, ensuring long-term maintainability while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features that improve data quality and farmer experience.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve reviewing crash reports and performance metrics from the Android app, then switching to architecting the new iOS app's data layer using Kotlin Multiplatform. You'd collaborate with product managers to understand farmer data collection needs, work with backend engineers on API contracts, and establish testing strategies that ensure reliable field data capture across both platforms.

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🎯 Who PULA Is Looking For

  • Has 7+ years of professional mobile development with deep production experience in both Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift), not just one platform
  • Demonstrates experience establishing mobile architecture patterns and engineering practices (testing, release discipline, monitoring) from the ground up
  • Has owned a mobile product through its lifecycle including maintenance, upgrades, and incident response over an extended period
  • Can articulate how technical decisions impact data quality and reliability in field data collection scenarios

📝 Tips for Applying to PULA

1

Highlight specific examples where you improved app stability, performance, or data quality in production Android apps

2

Showcase experience with Kotlin Multiplatform or cross-platform architecture decisions, not just native development

3

Demonstrate understanding of how mobile apps support field data collection workflows (offline capabilities, data validation, etc.)

4

Include metrics or outcomes from maintaining and upgrading production apps over time

5

Emphasize collaboration with product/design/backend teams to define scope and tradeoffs in previous roles

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience with both Android maintenance and iOS greenfield development', "How you've established mobile architecture patterns for long-term maintainability", 'Your approach to ensuring data quality in mobile data collection applications', "Why you're drawn to PULA's mission of supporting smallholder farmers through technology"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → PULA's specific insurance products and how they serve smallholder farmers in different regions
  • → The challenges smallholder farmers face with climate change and how technology can help
  • → Current mobile tech stack hints from PULA's career page or engineering blog posts
  • → Agricultural technology (AgTech) trends and mobile data collection best practices

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk through your approach to building a new iOS app from scratch while maintaining an existing Android app
2 How would you design the mobile architecture to ensure consistency and maintainability across both platforms?
3 Describe a time you improved data quality or reliability in a mobile data collection app
4 How do you balance feature development with maintenance and stability improvements?
5 What metrics and monitoring would you implement for farm data collection apps?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on one platform (Android or iOS) when the role requires strong expertise in both
  • Presenting yourself as primarily a feature developer without maintenance/ownership experience
  • Failing to connect technical skills to PULA's mission of supporting farmers and data quality

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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