- *Join Zepz: Breaking Down Borders, Together** **Our Meaningful Mission**
At Zepz, we're all about breaking down barriers for our customers and our teammates. Our purpose is deeply personal, we provide a lifeline and deliver opportunities to cross-border communities that need it most through cutting edge finance and tech. Zepz is the power behind WorldRemit and Sendwave , driven by the mission to celebrate the incredible impact migrants have, both at home and abroad. We're not just moving money; we're building a world that truly recognizes and supports global connections.
We look for **mission-driven builders** who thrive in a fast-paced environment connected to a true purpose. We’re an always developing team of experts that enjoy problem solving and bring clarity to tough challenges. At Zepz, we are **Relentless Learners** , always seeking feedback, and **Responsible Owners** , treating company resources like your own. We depend on **Transparent Communicators** who keep the team aligned through open, honest talk.
- *Our Core Commitments — What We Live By**
Our vibrant and truly diverse culture is built on three core commitments, that guide how we work and interact:
- **Integrity:** We always do the right thing. It’s simple, but it’s the foundation of everything we build for our customers and each other.
- **Outcomes:** We work for our customers. Their success and prosperity are the results we focus on delivering.
- **Velocity:** We are fast! We maintain high energy levels and make smart decisions quickly, keeping us nimble and ahead of the curve.
- *About the role**
At Zepz, our engineers are passionate about delivering a solid customer experience and are eager to contribute to the product, regardless of their tech stack. We are seeking engaged and customer-focused engineers who are committed to writing quality code and dedicated to their contributions at Zepz. We value individuals who are adaptable to a wide range of problems and challenges and can collaborate across teams to drive improvements.
As a senior software engineer, you will work within cross-functional feature teams, which are part of broader engineering domains. You will have the autonomy to make platform decisions and provide insights to the rest of the team. You'll collaborate closely with other frontend, backend and fullstack engineers of varying experience levels and interests, helping to improve and develop our apps, backend services, build pipeline, and tooling. You'll be committing, reviewing, and shipping new code from your very first week!
- *What you bring to the table:**
- You have strong experience building backend services/APIs in Java or Python.
- **The code you write:**
- Follows industry best practices.
- Is well tested.
- Is maintainable.
- Is scalable.
- Is well documented.
- **You have a good understanding of observability and metrics** : Dashboards and alerting are your bread and butter and you understand the value in monitoring the systems you build not only in terms of infrastructure and operational excellence, but also for business metrics.
- **You are able to work well with both product and engineering teams** , and excel at managing stakeholders, and their expectations.
- **You are pragmatic, and understand that perfect is the enemy of done,** but also that there are some things that cannot be compromised on.
- **You are skilled at balancing new requests with current priorities,** knowing when to decline a task and when to embrace it by clearly communicating the impact on the existing plan.
- **You have an open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity.** Our team (and customers) come from all over the world.
- *Bonus points if you :**
- Have exposure to SWIFT, iOS/Android
- Have strong familiarity with SQL
- *Perks of Joining Our Team**
We believe in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust our team. Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance. Our remote-first culture means you have the flexibility to work in your employing country wherever you feel the most focused and productive. This freedom comes with wonderful tailored, location-specific perks designed to support your whole life, not just your work. Think unlimited annual leave , great healthcare benefits, and employee discounts. We want you to thrive and focus entirely on making your biggest impact! In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work. This is a place where we value trust and high performance, and we'll provide the environment and support needed for you to excel.
If you want to join us in our journey to help break barriers in financial access and improve lives globally, there's no better place or time to join.
Our global team of **800+ people** is spread across six continents. We aspire to hire the best mix of **people** from former Olympians to YouTube influencers and we speak over twenty languages. This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the engine that lets us serve the world.
- *Ready to Apply? Let’s Go.**
