Senior Android Engineer

1. We act like owners We are relentlessly delivering for our users and spending money thoughtfully.
3. We embrace embarrassing honesty We function best when were open and honest with one another — especially about our challenges and doubts.
5. We have a bias to action We get to first outcomes quickly, iterate and learn.
7. We strive to be better We may make mistakes, but always learn from them.
9. We are inclusive to better reflect and serve our users.

10. About the role:

    At Zepz, our engineers are passionate about delivering a solid customer experience and are eager to contribute to the product, regardless of their tech stack. We are seeking engaged and customerfocused engineers who are committed to writing quality code and dedicated to their contributions at Zepz. We value individuals who are adaptable to a wide range of problems and challenges and can collaborate across teams to drive improvements.

    As an Android engineer, you will work within crossfunctional feature teams, which are part of broader engineering domains. You will have the autonomy to make platform decisions and provide insights to the rest of the team. Youll collaborate closely with other Android engineers of varying experience levels and interests, helping to improve and develop our Android app, build pipeline, and tooling. Youll be committing, reviewing, and shipping new code from your very first week!

    What you bring to the table:
    
    Several years of experience building Android applications at scale.
    Strong understanding of modern Android development including architecture patterns(MVVM), Jetpack compose, and dependency injection frameworks.
    Proficiency in Kotlin andor Java.
    Interest in writing Kotlin.

    Technical Execution:

    You take pride in writing readable, welldesigned, and welltested software.You will improve code structure, have an impact on architecture,You will actively review tech designs and code from others.Youll improve monitoring, and health of your teams systems.

    Collaboration & Leadership:

    Youll build relationships with other engineering teams and identify collaboration opportunities.Youll own larger pieces of work, assist with design and technical implementation choices and influence the roadmap within your team
    You easily communicate with nontechnical team members, and can translate their feedback into code.
    You have experience working in a crossfunctional team
    You adjust quickly and effectively to shifting priorities and complexity.

    Customer Obsession:

    Care about users, and want to give them an improved, simpler experience.
    Are more of a “get it done” than a “perfectionist” type person — you value getting features into the hands of our users.
    Aren’t afraid to throw away code you wrote because after testing, a flow you built doesn’t work as well as a different one.

    What you’ll get from us

    Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.

    We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:

    • Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy worklife balance!
    • Private Medical Cover: ​​You can optin to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and wellbeing.
    • Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
    • Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
    • Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.

    • We are also remotefirst as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycletowork scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!

      Why choose Zepz?

      • Our team of over 1,000 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and coworking spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growthstage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
      • We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
      • We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
      • At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose to continue to provide the best service to our users.

      • Ready to Apply?

        Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.

        Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But well let you in on a secret: theres no such thing as a perfect candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.

        So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.