Software engineer Android - freelance 12 months

Who we are:

We are a rapidly growing pan-European digital wealth manager, serving over 167,000 active investors with more than £5.5 billion invested on our platform. We began in Milan in 2011 with the purpose to help more people improve their financial well-being by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. Fast forward to today, and we are recognised as one of the most innovative fintechs, headquartered in the heart of London.

With a team of 220+ people across 4 offices in Italy and the UK, we are proudly backed and funded by major partners including Poste Italiane, Cabot Square Capital, United Ventures, and Allianz.

Our vision

Our vision is to combine passion, expertise, and technology to provide best-in-class investment solutions and advice that protects and grows client wealth over time.

Our Core Values:

We’ve built our business on three Principles:

• Relationships are our first asset: We’re one team, built on trust, honesty, and transparency. We value our relationships above all else
• Trust drives success: We give each other the space to grow. We empower our employees to succeed, so they can make a real impact
• Our customers dream big, just like us: We see the bigger picture and we make sure our customers see it, too. We’re always focused on the best outcomes for our clients and for each other, no matter what the goal, or how big the dream

What this means in practice:

At Moneyfarm, our success comes from the impact each of us makes. We move with purpose, urgency, and ambition, focused on delivering outcomes that matter for our clients and our business. Everyone is empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn bold ideas into results. As we evolve, we embrace AI as a catalyst for sharper thinking, smarter decisions, and even greater impact.

Our diversity makes this possible. Different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel our creativity and drive better decisions — it’s our competitive edge. We value people for who they are and their unique strengths: that’s why we offer flexible ways of working to support them in doing their best work.

Candidates who belong to ‘Categoria protetta’ (Legge 68⁄99) are more than welcome!

Responsibilities:

• Develop new features and evolve our Android application
• Develop tests for new features and maintain existing tests
• Provide our customers a usable, simple and effective journey in terms of UX and UI
• Collaborate closely with our designers and other frontend engineers to ensure consistency between our consumer facing applications
• Advocate and produce a high standard of code quality

Requirements

• Knowledge of Kotlin language and Android framework.
• Awareness of the rising frameworks, technologies and architectures in the Android development landscape.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles, Clean Architecture, and modern Android architectural patterns such as MVVM and MVI.
• Extensive experience with Jetpack Compose, coroutines (including Flows), and modular application architectures.
• Experience with Koin, Retrofit & Ktor.
• Experience with Gradle and Android compatibility libraries.
• Used to working with Git and comfortable with code reviews.
• Familiar with microservices and different API styles and integration patterns.
• Familiar with CI/CD concepts and tools like GitLab CI.
• Focused on testing and software quality.
• Understands Agile methodologies and their founding principles.
• Experience with regulated sectors and/or trading systems is not a requirement but is obviously a plus.
• Able to communicate effectively in English (written and spoken); Italian is a nice to have
• Freelance direct contract - 12 months

For this role, please upload your CV in English.