About PayJoy
PayJoy's mission is to deliver access to credit to the next billion people in emerging markets worldwide. Our unique mobile security technology creates collateral that enables customers to afford their first smartphone on credit and then allows them further access to credit to help weather life's unexpected financial surprises and climb the ladder of economic well-being.
Founded in 2015, today PayJoy has reached hundreds of thousands of customers in a dozen countries around the globe, from Mexico to Indonesia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria, and is on a strong growth path with support from major industry partners to bring credit to millions in 2019.
This role
As Senior Software Engineer - Android Firmware, you will build the technology to support millions of customers worldwide. Your primary focus will be our Android firmware and operating system security, working with major OEMs worldwide to improve compatibility and security. As a key part of PayJoy’s global engineering team, you need to be up for any technical challenge and willing to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities
- Primarily, design and write code that enables OEMs to implement the strong security of the PayJoy lock at scale. Implement Android features, and troubleshoot live Android bugs affecting user experience, client-server communication, and security, to help us scale to millions of customers.
- Be open to other software duties as required. For instance, support new device types, design features and systems, collaborate with technical partners and clients, implement major components of PayJoy’s web and mobile apps, work on the data platform.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced team members.
- Collaborate with Product and Business teams to ensure that your work successfully reaches our end users.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science
- 5+ years of industry software development experience
- 3+ years of low-level software development experience with firmware / linux / embedded systems / OS architecture
- 2+ years Android OS/firmware experience, including Android (AOSP), ROMs, file system partitions, device drivers, bootloader, flashing ROMs, Android linux components
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience in mobile security (MITM attacks; code obfuscation); network engineering; benchmarking and optimization
- Experienced in Git, SQL
- Degree from a top CS university or previous employment at a top technology company
As part of PayJoy, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that immediately impact our customers, work alongside seasoned engineers and entrepreneurs, and contribute to a startup that is experiencing rapid growth.