At a Glance
- Tasks: Join us to shape the future of our Android app using Kotlin and innovative tech.
- Company: Zopa, a pioneering bank redefining finance with a people-first approach.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on diversity and innovation.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team transforming mobile banking and making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Experience in Android development with a passion for quality and user experience.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 £ per year.
We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward.
The team is on a mission to take our mobile app to the next level, and we’re looking for someone to help shape the future of our Android experience in Kotlin. Joining the Mobile Platform team, you’ll work on the technical foundations that power the app — from architecture and shared libraries to core experiences, build systems, and analytics infrastructure. Our team plays a key role in driving innovation across Zopa’s mobile community and shaping the future of our mobile technology.
A day in the life:
- Collaborate closely with other native mobile engineers to design, build, and evolve the Android platform.
- Play a key role in migrating the app from React Native to native Android, building in Kotlin with strong architectural foundations and industry best practices.
- Partner with the wider mobile engineering community, including React Native developers, to define best practices for native development and support engineers cross-training into native Android.
- Improve the performance, robustness, and overall quality of the app by identifying bottlenecks, addressing technical debt, and resolving defects to optimise the user experience.
- Work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to design and deliver features that fully leverage native Android capabilities.
About you:
- Experienced in building and shipping production Android applications in Kotlin, including publishing apps to the Google Play Store.
- Solid understanding of Android frameworks, platform APIs, and native app development best practices.
- Background working on modern, high-engagement mobile applications with a focus on performance, reliability, and delivering exceptional user experiences.
- Passionate about quality, with a track record of raising engineering standards through thoughtful design, testing, and maintainable code.
- Motivated by opportunities to create broad impact through better processes, tooling, and automation that raise the bar for mobile engineering across teams.
- Customer-focused, with a genuine interest in Zopa’s mission.
Added bonus:
- Experience applying mobile security best practices in production Android applications.
- Working with CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps, including build, test, and release automation.
- Experience collaborating closely with iOS (Swift) and/or React Native engineers in a cross-platform mobile environment.
At Zopa we value flexible ways of working. This hybrid role requires you to come to our London office 2-3 days a week. You'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!
Diversity Statement: Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people.
Android Engineer employer: Zopa
Zopa is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where employees are empowered to take ownership of their roles in shaping data privacy strategies. With a strong focus on professional development, team members benefit from growth opportunities and the chance to work alongside industry experts in a vibrant London setting. The hybrid work model enhances work-life balance, making Zopa a rewarding place for those seeking meaningful employment in the field of data privacy.
