Hello
I’m Ivan and I’m an android engineer in the external product team. I joined Monzo 10 months ago and I’ve been working on the Android app since its first version that was released in September last year. I usually work with another two amazing android engineers @kavi and @emmag, and we are looking for more android eng to join us so please apply if you’re one!
My day-to-day work involves implementing new features in the Android app, fixing bugs when you report issues with your app and also ensuring our codebase is kept in good shape and that we use the best possible technologies that allow use to move fast. For example, we have recently started using a new programming language Kotlin to write our Android app. Kotlin is a modern programming language that has many benefits compared to Java. This will hopefully allow us to write features faster than before and also reduce the number of bugs that we create when implementing those new features
Most recently, I’ve been focusing on adding current account features to the Android app (this is why we haven’t released any new major feature to the Play Store recently). For example, I’ve been adding bank payments so you will be able to send money to an account number and sort code as well as setting up recurring and scheduled payments (aka standing orders). The first version of this feature is now implemented on Android and we’re testing it internally
This week I’ve been working on a new identity verification flow The new identity verification is similar to the previous one but it will allow us to verify your identity quicker than before. It also has a bunch of improvements as well as camera fixes for some devices like the LG G4.
That’s all for now Next I nominate @priscila