Android Engineer

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Join a diverse team to build and innovate on a user-focused Android application that simplifies personal finance and engages millions of users across Europe.

At Plum, we're on a mission to maximise wealth for all. We’re making saving money effortless and turning investing into something everyone can do. Our journey began back in 2017, when we became one of the first to use artificial intelligence and automation to simplify personal finance. Fast forward to today, and we've already helped people save £2 billion across 10 European markets.

Named the UK's fastest-growing fintech in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, our success is down to the passion and dedication of our diverse team. Based in our London, Athens and Nicosia offices, 170 talented people work together to empower people to do more with their money. And now, the team is growing!

The Role 

We’re looking for a user-focused Android Engineer to join our engineering team. 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.

Our Engineering Approach

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.

How We Work

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.

🏢 We follow a hybrid working model, with two in-office days per week.

Value You'll bring

  • You want to build a product that makes people better off
  • 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

Fist-bumps 👊 if you have

  • 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

Plum's Perks

  • 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 🦄🌈💯)

If you think this sounds like a bit of you then don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Thanks,

Plum Τeam 💜

*Plum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plum does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Equity Compensation: Own part of the company you're helping grow through stock options
  • Free Meals & Snacks: Team breakfasts and team lunches
  • Health Insurance: Private health insurance
  • Learning Budget: Annual training budget
  • Inclusive company culture: A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)
  • Paid Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave
  • Paid Time Off: 25 days holiday + bank holidays

At Plum, we're on a mission to help everyone be financially better off! People all over the world are making bad financial decisions every day, due to lack of financial education, antiquated financial systems and temptation. In the UK alone, 50% of people have less than £100 in savings. We believe we can change that with great technology, data science and behavioural theory.Since the beginning of 2017 we've helped more than 1M people in the UK, we've put away more than £100 million and we've grown from 2 Co-founders sharing a rusty desk in Soho to a brilliant, hard-working team of 50+, with offices in London and Athens.What We Are BuildingPlum is a quirky and fun AI assistant that started life as a Messenger chatbot and is now available as an app for iOS and Android. By linking directly to our users’ bank accounts, we are able to analyse transaction data to learn about their income and spending.What We Offer A bucketful of challenging problems to solve, so hopefully that's your thing! Our job is to take a complicated, archaic domain and make it simple and accessible to everyone. One of the best learning experiences of your life. You'll get to work with extremely smart and capable people, with backgrounds in finance, physics, history, computing, languages and more. Competitive pay and company stock options – we are all in this together! 25 days holiday a year, excluding bank holidays (33 in total). Work from our London or Athens office (almost) whenever you want 🇬🇧🇬🇷 Team trip to secret destinations once a year ✈️ Plants, lots of plants 🌱 Fresh fruit (plums obviously), snacks with varying health benefits and great coffee. Because you can't be a startup without great coffee.

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