Android Engineer

Salary: £69,000 - 109,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have experience building and shipping production Android applications in Kotlin, including publishing to the Google Play Store.
• We have a solid understanding of Android frameworks, platform APIs, and native app development best practices.
• We have experience working on modern, high-engagement mobile applications with a focus on performance, reliability, and exceptional user experience.
• We are passionate about quality and have a track record of raising engineering standards through thoughtful design, testing, and maintainable code.
• We are motivated by opportunities to create broad impact through better processes, tooling, and automation across mobile engineering teams.
• We are customer-focused and interested in our mission.
• Bonus: We have experience applying mobile security best practices in production Android applications.
• Bonus: We have worked with CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps, including build, test, and release automation.
• Bonus: We have collaborated closely with iOS (Swift) and/or React Native engineers in a cross-platform mobile environment.

Responsibilities:

• We collaborate closely with other native mobile engineers to design, build, and evolve the Android platform.
• We 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.
• We 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.
• We improve the performance, robustness, and overall quality of the app by identifying bottlenecks, addressing technical debt, and resolving defects to optimise the user experience.
• We work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to design and deliver features that fully leverage native Android capabilities.
• We report to an Engineering Manager within one of our teams, with final team placement agreed during the final stages of the interview process.

Technologies:

• Android
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Support
• Kotlin
• Mobile
• React
• React Native
• Security
• Swift
• iOS
• AI

More:

We are Zopa, a London-based fintech and bank founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer lending company and expanded into Zopa Bank in 2020. We are redefining banking by putting people at the centre and building products that empower customers to aim high and move finance forward. Our mobile team is investing heavily in our app, especially the Android experience, as we move toward a more native approach built in Kotlin. This hybrid role is based in our London office with 2–3 days a week onsite, and we support flexible ways of working, including the option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year, subject to right-to-work requirements. We are proud of our award-winning culture, our top-three Most Loved Workplaces recognition, and our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable adjustments throughout our hiring process.

last updated 34 week of 2026