At Zopa, we’re shaping the future of finance.
We offer simple loans and smart investments that help people take
control of their finances and do more with their money. In the 12 years
we’ve been in business, we’ve helped more than 60,000 people lend over
£2 billion to 246,000 UK consumers.
And our journey’s only just beginning. In November 2016 we announced
our plans to build a next generation bank so that we can bring a greater
range of smart, ethical finance products to even more people.
We’re looking for a passionate, capable, hands-on mobile developer to help us kick-start our mobile app journey.
This role will require you to be hands-on and experienced in delivering mobile apps, from conception all the way to release.
You’ll be part of a small team and expected to lead the thinking on
mobile technology, and will have the support of an in-house full-stack
developer and dedicated designer.
About the team
In Pioneers, we help Zopa do things Zopa doesn’t do yet. Since we’re
working on new projects, we’re looking for people who are comfortable
with a fair bit of uncertainty, fast change, and love solving really
hard problems collaboratively.
We make decisions fast and move on, trusting data first and using
sharp instincts and experience when the data falls short. We communicate
and listen with attention, and connect the dots before implementing.
Next to health and relationships, a person’s financial situation is
central to their wellbeing and we draw our motivation from making
people’s lives better through fair, simple, and easy financial products.
About you
As a developer, you’re interested in the problem, not just the
requirements on a ticket. You’re as ambitious about the speed and
quality of your work as our plans for new products and launches. You
know that your impact is not measured in pristineness of code, but the
result for the user. In a team, you’re highly proactive and speak up
& challenge when needed in service of speed and quality.
Some of the things you’ll be doing day to day
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Working in a small, focused squad with a product manager, UX designer, and second developer on Zopa’s first mobile app
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Leading the technological delivery and decision-making
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Upskilling the second developer on how to develop for mobile
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Delivering full-stack, fast, semantically clean, MVP-ready code
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Asking the right questions to make sure we have all the infrastructure in place that we need to build fast and clean
Technical Requirements
- Multi-year experience developing mobile apps, incl. using native
features, how to prepare an .apk for release, and optimising app size
- Strong in React Native, Angular, or similar component-based framework
- Comfortable working with backend APIs
- Ability to deliver high quality code with accompanying test coverage
Bonus points for:
- Experience in financial services or a similarly regulated environment
- Previous experience in a small startup or other “lean” environment
- A proved track record of picking up new technologies and delivering things with them quickly
To show us you’re up to the task, we’d like to see links to examples of your work and any code that you’re happy to share.
“We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and
applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age,
disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity,
race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships."