Senior Android Engineer

We are TravelPerk: a scaling unicorn valued at $1.3billion that has raised over $400m since our creation in 2015.

Backed by world-class investors with portfolios including AirBnb, Stripe, Slack, Trello, Gusto, Twitter, Farfetch and Deliveroo, our team is made up of A-players from across the travel and technology industries.

Over the past few years, we’ve been named the fastest-growing SaaS startup in the world by SaaS1000, featured as one of the hottest startups to watch by both Forbes & Wired, and Selected among the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK! We’re revolutionising the B2B corporate travel market—worth over $1.3 trillion— to connect people in real life in an enjoyable and sustainable way.

TravelPerk are innovators. During the last year we have welcomed and acquired the likes of Click Travel, NexTravel and Albatross to the team. From TravelCare, to FlexiPerk and of course GreenPerk we are shaping the future of the industry. Our team continues to emerge stronger and stronger as we adjust to the new normal—and that’s where you come in!

If you’re ready to take off with us, keep reading!

We have some really unique problems to solve here, like building the best trip companion app to assist our customers while on the go. As a senior Android engineer, you’ll get to be part of a small cross functional team (design, product, backend and mobile) that is responsible for the whole development lifecycle, turning high-level ideas into functionality solving customer’s problems and having a significant impact on the end user’s satisfaction. 

We’re not looking for stack experts or X years with Y framework, we like meeting kind, smart people who can learn the right tools and processes to make our product the best in show!

As a Senior Android Engineer, this position involves:

•       Product development in Android (Kotlin), supporting customer-facing and platform features
•       System architecture design, implementation, and testing
•       Working in an Agile environment with attention to detail, quality and continuous integration
•       Working closely with people, helping those who need help, contributing to a positive and healthy engineering environment

And also the possibility to get exposure to:

•       The ability to develop different parts of our product and do secondments in other teams
•       Product development of Backend for Frontend components
•       Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs
•       Other cultures and teams across our other hubs in Barcelona, Berlin, London and more

Required skills and experience:

•       "Product Engineering" mindset 
•       Knowledge of Kotlin
•       Pragmatism - simplicity, efficiency, and performance
•       The desire for quality and testing
•       A willingness to learn new technologies and frameworks
•       Good communication in English

What do we offer?

•       Competitive compensation including equity in the company
•       Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location
•       "Flexible compensation plan" to help you diversify and increase the net salary
•       Unforgettable TravelPerk events including to travel to one of our hubs
•       Mental health support tools for your wellbeing 
•       Exponential growth opportunities 

Our Vision is for a world where TravelPerk serves as the platform for human connection in-real-life (IRL). We take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance from the Berlin hub. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in-real-life to improve connectivity, productiv