Hybrid Android Engineer

at Plum

• Job title: Android Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Android, Kotlin
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Nicosia, Cyprus

About the role

• Building Android applications for the Plum finance platform. Collaborating within engineering squads to create customer-focused mobile solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• You'll be building Plum on Android from its early days, giving our current and prospective customers a more intimate way to interact with their money.
• We value good engineering principles, imagination, quirkiness and healthy curiosity.
• We take a conservative approach to using external frameworks and we aspire to write simple, well-tested code, delivered in rapid iterations.
• We work in "squads" – a more startup-appropriate name for saying small, cross-functional teams. Each squad has a mission and a set of KPIs to monitor and improve. As an engineer you'll be working in a squad, but you can also reach out to and work with anyone in the company.
• You will also be part of a Mobile engineering team, consisting of Mobile Product Engineers who share the same vision and passion of building an exceptional mobile team that will help people be financially better off.

Requirements

• You’re excited about programming in Kotlin
• You have solid understanding of Jetpack Compose
• Yet, you still have intimate knowledge of the full Android stack and Android architecture patterns
• You want to collaborate on a cutting-edge Android project
• You’re a designer's best friend. You love being part of the design process and enjoy turning the design into a well-crafted and delightful experience
• You’re a product person too — you understand the value and impact of your work
• Solid experience with Kotlin programming language
• Hands-on experience with DI and Android architecture components
• Sound understanding of Git strategies, continuous integration setup, and automation
• Experience with unit testing
• An eye for design that you can transform into Material Design!
• A genuine interest in agile development processes
• Solid experience working with remote data via REST and JSON

Benefits

• Own part of the company you're helping grow through stock options
• Private health insurance
• Annual training budget
• Plum Premium for free
• Competitive referral scheme
• Flexible approach to remote working: we encourage at least 2 days a week in one of our beautiful offices in London, Athens or Cyprus
• Team breakfasts and team lunches
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 45 work-from-anywhere days to give you flexibility to work your way
• 2 weeks sabbatical after 4 years to take the break you deserve
• Enhanced parental leave
• 1 paid volunteering day annually
• Annual team trip to a surprise destination!
• A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)