Senior Kotlin Developer
We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Kotlin Developer to join a growing engineering team delivering innovative digital solutions across a range of modern technology projects.
Role overview
We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Kotlin Developer to join a growing engineering team delivering innovative digital solutions across a range of modern technology projects.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineer who enjoys building scalable applications, contributing to technical architecture decisions and working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. You’ll collaborate with engineers, architects and stakeholders to design, develop and maintain robust software solutions while helping shape engineering standards and best practices.
The successful candidate will combine strong Kotlin and JVM expertise with a broader full stack mindset, working across backend services, APIs, cloud platforms and modern development pipelines. You’ll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, support continuous improvement initiatives and mentor other team members within a collaborative engineering environment.
This role would suit someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working with modern cloud-native technologies and contributing to the delivery of scalable, secure and reliable software solutions.
Skills Required
• Strong commercial experience developing applications using Kotlin and the JVM ecosystem
• Solid experience with Java and modern software engineering practices
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and RESTful API development
• Experience building and maintaining scalable, cloud-based applications
• Exposure to Node.js, TypeScript or similar modern web technologies
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps principles
• Experience collaborating within Agile software development teams
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience contributing to system design and technical architecture discussions
• Passion for software quality, continuous improvement and engineering best practice
• Experience mentoring or supporting other developers
Desirable Skills
• Experience with event-driven and messaging technologies such as Kafka
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems
• Previous experience operating in a senior, lead or technical leadership capacity
• Exposure to microservices-based architecture patterns
• Experience working on large-scale enterprise or customer-facing applications
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