Our Mission
Reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.
The Team
Founded by Harvard grads / 3rd-time founders --- also founded Segovia (successful exit) and GiveDirectly (>300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO).
Top performers from top and varied organizations (e.g., Bain, Bolt, Google, McKinsey, SafeBoda, Uber, Zipline) --- we like moving fast, and we hire people that do as well.
Driven by mission, guided by values (see below) – in deed, not just word.
Team as global as the mission, >30 languages from 25 countries.
About Us
Taptap Send is backed by top VCs (Spark, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, etc.
), rapidly growing and a great place for those looking for both impact and a fast-paced tech startup environment.
Launched in 2019, Taptap is tapping into a transformative shift in global finance: from banks to phones.
Taptap Send allows immigrants to send money home instantly and with no fee*, saving money in the process.
Our mission is to reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.
*We charge fees for transfers on fixed exchange rate corridors (e.g., XOF, XAF). The Role We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our growing engineering team to define, build and iterate on features for our internal tooling.
You will work closely with Developers, Product, Operations, Customer Support, Growth and other functions to design and build a reliable, intuitive, and simple experience for our internal users and developers.
As an early member of the team, we hope you will also have a lot of impact on our team culture, processes and norms.
Taptap Send is a cross-platform mobile app developed with React Native and TypeScript, which talks to a backend service written in Kotlin and backed by a PostgreSQL database, all of which runs on AWS and is managed via Terraform.
Our internal tools leverage these technologies in addition to Web React and Python.
We're an encouraging environment that values both teamwork and autonomy, and have many exciting upcoming challenges, including: scaling up to handle increased volume and complexity, improving UI and UX to drive growth and retention, building internal tools for our customer support and acquisition efforts, and much more!
Responsibilities Take ownership of development of mobile application productsBuild experiences across the stack using React Native and SpringWrite well-tested, high quality code, with an eye towards generics and re-useWork closely with design and product teams to regularly ship working featuresParticipate in release planning and deployment of released buildMentor and advise team membersEvaluate and deliver timeline estimates for projectsRequirements 5+ years of professional experience building consumer facing applicationsExperience owning user-facing features end-to-end, from conception to launchExperience developing software in a collaborative, multi-functional, and fast-paced environmentExperience building cloud based systems, AWS preferredExperience supporting and improving developer experience working on systems that have real-world performance and reliability constraintsStrong communication and ability to manage conflicting priorities, setting expectations with stakeholders and be a driving forceIdeally Experience with Python and KotlinExperience with Web React TypeScriptExperience CI, CD processes and toolsExperience working on a multi-platform mobile app with a significant volume of trafficHigh personal code/development standards (code review, unit testing, documentation, etc.
)Taptap ValuesImpact first
Team next
Accept reality
Propose solutions
Win with grit
Be proactively candid, with yourself and others
Love the particular
Own it
Create positive energy
Maybe, even have fun
Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.
All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, experience and business need.
We strongly encourage applications who are members of underrepresented communities to apply.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Any information you provide us in this respect will only be used to accommodate your requirements.
Note: we recognize imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.
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