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About Zepz
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.
Come join us!
Zepz.io
Our Commitments
Velocity - We are fast
Outcomes - We work for our customers
Integrity - We do the right thing
How You’ll Help Us Achieve It
We believe strongly in building teams that can orient around a well-defined mission and are equipped to execute autonomously against that mission. We count on you to collaborate with your team to build and support our platform and products used by customers sending money transfers from 50+ countries into 150+ markets worldwide. We are looking for engineers with expertise in designing and architecting complex, distributed systems at scale, and the ability to lead strategic technical initiatives.
Our Tech Stack
Our tech stack is varied at the moment. Embarrassing honesty - We are in the process of migrating some of our products off legacy stacks.
Backend services: Java(SpringBoot and SpringCloud), Python (to a lesser extent)
Public Cloud: AWS
CI/CD tooling: CircleCI, ArgoCD, Jenkins
Container orchestration: Kubernetes
IaC: Terraform
API Gateway and Service Mesh Architecture
Databases: PostgreSQL, NoSQL
What You Will Own
The ZEPZ Backoffice (ZBO) team is responsible for developing both Front-End and Back-End solutions to enhance Customer Care Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In this role, you will interact with back-end systems across various domains via APIs to streamline processes for Customer Care Agents. You will be instrumental in building and extending APIs (GraphQL, gRPC), automating processes using Business Process Management (BPM) tools, AI Agents, and custom AWS solutions, and integrating UI components orchestrated by back-end code. We operate on short, one-week sprints, ensuring that tasks are well-defined, refined, and granular enough to support an efficient build-test-release cycle within this timeframe. As a team, we take full ownership of our solutions from design to operation, which includes developing new features as well as implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and integration with security platforms for effective threat alerting.
What You Bring To The Table
Experience in building Java and/or Kotlin solutions for scalable systems microservices systems.
Good understanding of various APIs technologies and goals they fulfill (graphQL, gRPC)
Java Spring working experience
Ability to analyze and optimize system performance, identifying and addressing bottlenecks and architectural limitations.
At least a working understanding of cloud infrastructure based on AWS.
Experience in designing and implementing monitoring dashboards for system health and performance
Comfortable building effective relationships with stakeholders outside of technology.
Some experience with AI assisted coding (reviews, tests, comments) tools like Github Co-Pilot
An open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity. Our team (and customers) come from all over the world.
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience with Python or React is a plus, as these technologies are utilized to a lesser extent and can be beneficial.
Prior experience in building AI Agents.
A strong eagerness to learn new technologies and skills while advancing mastery in Java/Kotlin microservices.
What You’ll Get From Us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.
We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
Private Medical Cover: 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.
Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
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!
Why choose Zepz?
Our team of over 8
About the Company
Zepz is powering two leading global payments brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. We represent brands that disrupted an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by taking international money transfers online - making global digital payments fairer, faster, and more flexible. Our brands currently send from 50 to 130 countries, operate in more than 5,000 money transfer corridors worldwide and employ over 1,400 people globally. Zepz is a remote-first employer, with team members located across six continents.
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