Graduate Software Developer

The Wave; Hertford; Remote; GBP 95,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking an experienced Android Engineer to join their team. You'll be responsible for building and improving features for tools used by field operations teams. Candidates need a strong background in Kotlin, experience in Android development, and a passion for problem-solving. This is a fully remote role with competitive salaries and expansive benefits, focused on creating impactful financial services in Africa.

Benefits

$1,200 yearly stipend for coworking meetups

Competitive salaries based on transparent formula

Subsidized health insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, with 2 years in Android apps.
• Experience with Kotlin + Jetpack Compose in published apps.
• Fluent in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product to design and build features.
• Investigate user feedback and resolve system bugs.
• Drive technical design discussions and direction.

Skills

Kotlin + Jetpack Compose

Fluent in English

Android application development

Education

5 years of professional experience

Tools

Python

GraphQL

Postgres

Job description

We're looking for an engineer who's independent and excited about getting things done. You'll be responsible for building and improving the ways people pay and access money with Wave. You'll take ownership of every aspect of the process, starting with a deep comprehension of the problem, collaborating with Product and Engineering managers to identify the optimal solution for our users, leading the entire lifecycle of your project, and assisting the customer support team in resolving issues.

You'll be joining our Field Product team, responsible for building and maintaining the tools used by our field operators to drive user growth. Our to-do list changes constantly, but here are some recent projects:

• Improved geo-localisation of merchants.
• Re-design of the Field App to match field operators behaviour.
• Supporting new country launches.
• Consolidating field operators on the same application.
• Improving permission management.

In this role you'll:

• Collaborate with Product to design and build features for the tools used by our internal field operations teams.
• Investigate user feedback and resolve system bugs.
• Drive technical design discussions and direction.
• Actively pair with others and perform code reviews.
• Work closely with other Android engineers in the company to improve the way we do things.
• Enjoy helping other engineers on your team to improve their frontend skills.
• Are not afraid to take on complicated systems.
• Are excited to learn to do some amount of backend work or even branch out to doing Android work - we love folks who are keen to broaden their skill sets!
• Work to make things easier for the next engineer who will touch your code.
• Always try to improve as a programmer and colleague.

About engineering at Wave

You'll join an autonomous, cross-functional team focused on a single area of Wave's product. Each team is led by a product manager and mentored by a technical lead on the team. You'll be responsible for your own frontend-focused projects as well as supporting the other engineers on your team with the frontend parts of their projects.

Our stack includes:

• Backend: Python 3 (+ pyright)
• API layer: GraphQL
• Android frontend: Kotlin / Jetpack
• iOS frontend: Swift / SwiftUI
• Web frontend: TypeScript / React
• Database: Postgres
• Infrastructure: GCP / Terraform
• Orchestration: Kubernetes

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of professional experience with minimum 2 years of it spent building Android applications.

• Experience using Kotlin + Jetpack Compose in a published app (professional or personal projects are fine).
• Fluent in English. French is a plus.

Our mission

We're making Africa the first cashless continent. In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason-the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave.

How you'll help us achieve it

Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal, with over 7 million users. And, we're still in the early days of our product roadmap and potential impact on people's everyday lives.

• We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, and Uganda, plus remote team members spread across the world.
• We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
• We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
• We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
• We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.

Benefits

Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

• This is a fully remote role. Candidates must be based in one of our talent hub countries (UK, Spain, USA, Canada, Kenya, and Ghana) or in one of our operating markets in Africa including Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, or Burkina Faso.
• Wave provides a yearly $1,200 stipend to support coworking meetups with teammates.
• Remote team members are expected to travel to our operational markets (e.g. Senegal or Côte d'Ivoire) at least once a year. Exceptions apply, but we've found this key to understanding our users and product.
• We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months.
• Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, depending on your level and location, we offer a salary of up to $152,100 USD, plus a generous equity package.
• Major benefits include:
• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country).
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance.
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays.
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.