<div><h2><strong>About Zepz</strong></h2> <p>Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.</p> <p>Come join us!</p> <p><a href="http://zepz.io/">Zepz.io</a></p> <h3><strong>Our Commitments:</strong></h3> <ol> <li><strong>Velocity </strong><span>- We are fast</span></li> <li><strong>Outcomes -</strong><span> We work for our customers</span></li> <li><strong>Integrity</strong><span> - We do the right thing</span></li> </ol></div><h3><strong>What you will own:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Write great code:</strong> We understand code is read more than it’s written, better off tested and maintainability is a must. </li> <li><strong>Help shape what we build:</strong> You’ll be working closely with product owners, designers and other engineers to design and refine our work. We work as a team and your input is key. </li> <li><strong>Influence technology evolution:</strong> We are designing new platforms with long-term goals in mind and are also happy to improve with new technology capabilities </li> <li><strong>Own delivery:</strong> We’re obsessed with shipping value; you’ll own work beyond a pull request. You’ll care about bugs, scalability, uptime and other non-functional requirements. </li> <li><strong>Grow together:</strong> You’ll review others work and happily seek feedback on yours to ensure we build a better codebase and sharpen each others skills.</li> <li><strong>Share your knowledge and points of view:</strong> We promote knowledge sharing across our teams and count on you to become an active member of one. Experiment with new tools, present your findings, shape our future standards.</li> <li><strong>Scope and Impact:</strong> You invent and try to simplify what we do. You insist on the highest standards from your team and yourself. You have charisma. You lead or influence a team. You tackle open-ended somewhat ambiguous problems</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What you bring to the table: </strong></h3> <ul> <li>Strong experience in building backend services/APIs. This role specifically is for an engineer with solid experience with Python backend services.  A large part of the codebase you will be working on is currently in Python. </li> <li>Strong experience in handling large volume of data and writing ETL processes, transforming data from multiple different sources using languages/tools such as SQL, Apache Airflow, DBT, Databricks</li> <li>Solid experience with system design and architecture</li> <li>Experience with unit and integration tests</li> <li>You are a system design enthusiast and have experience designing and transforming existing systems collaboratively to make them scalable, maintainable and reliable.</li> <li>You have a true DevOps mindset and are able to support your team towards becoming true owners of their product/platform</li> <li>You work well with Engineering and Product members and are comfortable building effective relationships with stakeholders outside technology.</li> <li>An open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity. Our team (and customers) come from all over the world.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Bonus Points if you:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Have worked at a scaling startup previously.</li> <li>Have experience in successfully transitioning a monolith platform into domain-driven services.</li> </ul><div><p><strong>What you’ll get from us </strong></p> <h3><strong><em>Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.  </em></strong></h3> <p>We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Unlimited Annual Leave:</strong> Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance! </li> <li><strong>Private Medical Cover: </strong>​​You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.              </li> <li><strong>Retirement: </strong>We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future. </li> <li><strong>Life Assurance:</strong> Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.</li> <li><strong>Parental Leave: </strong>We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible. </li> </ul> <p>We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!  </p> <h3><strong>Why choose Zepz?</strong> </h3> <ul> <li>Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.</li> <li>We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.</li> <li>We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.</li> <li>At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose -  to continue to provide the best service to our users.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Ready to Apply?</strong></h2> <p>Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.</p> <p><strong><em>Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But well let you in on a secret: theres no such thing as a perfect candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive. </em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.</em></strong></p> <h3><br /><br /></h3></div>