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Funding and backers

Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Nyca Partners
Momentum
45/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.8 ★
5.5k ratings
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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How Nala hires

Truth index
A 100/100
Median time to fill
41 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Nala scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 41 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

NALA is an international money transfer app that facilitates fast, reliable, and secure cross-border money transfers from the UK, US, and Europe to various African countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, and more. With over 500,000 trusted users, NALA provides some of the most competitive exchange rates on the market and allows for real-time financial management via its user-friendly mobile app. Known for its transparency and exceptional customer service, NALA ensures 95% of its transfers are delivered within minutes, catering especially to the global diaspora.

News

News RNZ 14 days ago
Rescue dog Nala dies after 2-year illness believed linked to vaccine
Nala the rescue dog was destined to become a film star but instead became the lead character in her own story, which ended with her death.
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News AOL.com 3 months ago
Alecsys Proctor-Turner Says Nala's Biggest Style Upgrade Isn't Her Wardrobe - AOL
Survival of the Thickest Season 3 brings back one of my favorite television characters: Nala. The ambitious fashion student has a way of pulling you in from her very first scene, and by the end of the episode, you're already hoping she gets more screen ti
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News forbes.com 2 years ago
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News TechCrunch 2 years ago
Nala to use $40M Series A to build B2B payments platform, scale remittance services
The oversubscribed round was led by San Francisco-based VC firm Acrew Capital.
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News TechCrunch 2 years ago
Nala set out to offer remittance services, it's building a B2B payment platform too
Rafiki is Nala's solution to stem payout incidences, reduce user charges and ensure reliability as the fintech looks to scale.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Nala over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL
Python
Go
Databases
Redis
Snowflake
Cloud & platforms
Apache Kafka
AWS
Amazon ECS
Databricks
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Nala tech stack 22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
90/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
6
5 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
39 days
faster than 35% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~14 hours
09/26/2026
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
31% ▼
Analytics
15% ▼
Backend
8% ▲
DevOps
8% ▲
Leadership
8% ▲
Design
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Go to stack Sep 2026
Added Scrum to stack Sep 2026
Added Dimensional Modeling to stack Sep 2026
New location: Lagos Sep 2026
Added Stripe to stack Sep 2026
New location: Nairobi Aug 2026
New location: London Aug 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Aug 2026
Added Amazon ECS to stack Aug 2026
Added Figma to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
4
Busiest office
London
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London United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership, Analytics
seen since Apr 2025 job postings
Nairobi Kenya
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Field & Service
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Lagos Nigeria
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Hoboken United States
Regional office
221 River Street 9th Floor, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, US
company site
Earlier presence
Brussels, Belgium 2 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

≈ $94k – $188k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London
Go
Stripe
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≈ $90k – $195k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • London
SOC 2
Management
Stripe
Scrum
Apply
≈ $74k – $138k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • London
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Cursor
Windsurf
Claude Code
dbt
AI Agents
DevOps
PagerDuty
CI/CD
Analytics
Dimensional Modeling
Management
Stripe
Apply
≈ $57k – $158k per year (Estimated) • In office • Contractor • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Nairobi
Python
SQL
LLM
Management
Stripe
Apply