Organization:Kiva
Location:New York,United States
Opportunity Type: Internship
About the Organization:
Kiva is a person-to-person microlending website. It is a non profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva works with MFIs on five continents to provide loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. It is primarily funded through the support of lenders making optional donations.
About the Job:
Kiva is looking for an Mobile App Intern. S/he will be responsible for developing mobile applications built on Kiva's Public API using HTML5/JaveScript. This is an unpaid internship and will be a remote role, coming into Kiva HQ twice a month for meetings.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Developing mobile form factor application for Android and iPhone;
- Ensuring high overall product quality;
- Delivering the completed application;
- Gathering requirements from the product team;
- Turning requirements in to specifications for sign off;
- Liaison with the design team regarding UI layout and interactions;
- Coding the application;
- Regular code reviews with the engineering team.
Qualifications:
- Experience with designing, developing, and publishing a mobile app on iPhone or Android using HTML5/JavaScript/PhoneGap;
- Familiarity with open source calibration with Git;
- History in clean UI design and seamless UX;
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator a plus;
- Skilled at working collaboratively with multiple teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Strategic thinker with the ability to balance competing needs, generate creative approaches, and manage uncertainty;
- Ability to think about long-term content strategy and operations, as well as juggle multiple short-term deadlines.
Posted: 29 Oct 2013
Closing Date: 04 Nov 2013
How to Apply:
Apply Online
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.11.193801