Senior Android Engineer - Investments & Savings

About the opportunity:

The Reality: We are a bank, not just an app. We operate at the intersection of high speed trading and strict financial regulation.

The Environment: Markets move fast, and so do we. We operate in a highly dynamic regulatory and technical landscape where requirements evolve rapidly.

Who we are:

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, and a 1,500-strong team of more than 80 nationalities.

• We are seeking a talented Senior Android Engineer to contribute and evolve our product.
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you elevate the standard. You prevent problems before they happen and bridge the gap between product requirements and technical execution.
• You will join the Investments & Savings segment at N26. Our team is responsible for the entire trading and savings experience. From Crypto and Stocks to ETFs, Managed Funds and Savings.
• The Challenge: You aren't just building features; you are building a real-time trading platform that must be secure, compliant, and responsive.
• The Mindset: We want engineers who love movement. If you thrive in environments where the goalposts move because the market has moved, you will belong here. We value inquisitiveness over rigid adherence to a plan.
• In this role, you will:
• Work in cross-functional teams, understand how the entire puzzle fits together instead of just being a solitary piece
• Take ownership and have an impact on the product
• Ask 'Why?' and be prepared to be asked 'What do you think about it?'
• Engage in knowledge-sharing within your team as well as beyond
• Understand and work with Agile development methodologies

• What you need to be successful:
• Background:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years building high-quality Android applications at fast-paced tech companies or fintech startups, with hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable mobile solutions.
• Skills:
• Experience with the Android Open Source Platform and Material Design principles
• Experience with Kotlin
• Experience with Reactive programming - Kotlin coroutines - Flow
• You strive to build Android applications that can be summarized as RSA - Responsive, Slick and Attractive. You also understand why RSA is important for a Mobile Bank from a cryptographic point of view.
• Code quality tingles your senses - you can see, feel and smell the difference between good and bad architecture.
• You engage in proactive software development but still understand Reactive programming paradigms.
• You'd rather take a Dagger to your heart than have flaky code sitting around for a long time.
• Test cases are the first things you think of before building a feature and the last things you check before pushing your code.
• You like Compose and use it fluently
• Nice-to-haves
• Experience with Model-View-ViewModel architectural patterns
• Able to build software with a focus on testability - Test/Behavior Driven Development, Dependency Injection
• Active participant/speaker at meet-ups and conferences in the Android community