Back-end Engineer (Java/Kotlin).

Accountabilities

• Lead and contribute to impactful engineering projects involving the development and continuous improvement of SaaS solutions.

• Participate in designing, evolving, and improving the overall software architecture to support scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

• Design, implement, and maintain distributed services, backend systems, and RESTful APIs.

• Collaborate with engineers across teams and squads, as well as product managers and other stakeholders, to deliver effective technical solutions.

• Write clean, scalable, high-quality code and contribute to maintaining a robust and sustainable codebase.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive automated test coverage to ensure software quality and reliability.

• Improve platform availability and maintainability through architectural enhancements, technology evolution, and continuous optimization.

• Participate in code reviews, refactoring initiatives, and improvements to integration and delivery processes.

• Apply agile development practices and contribute to a collaborative, solution-oriented engineering culture.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of professional experience in backend software engineering.

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and practical experience building backend applications with JVM technologies.

• Experience with other JVM languages, such as Java, Groovy, or Scala, is an advantage.

• Proven experience designing scalable software systems, ideally within a successful SaaS product environment.

• Good understanding of containerization, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud computing, and RESTful APIs.

• Strong knowledge of several relevant technologies, including:

  • Spring Boot and Hibernate.

  • JUnit and automated testing frameworks.

  • AWS services, including SES and Lambda.

  • Elasticsearch and MySQL.

  • Docker and OpenAPI.

  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern software development practices.

  • Additional experience with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, SQS, and SNS is a plus.

  • Knowledge of Terraform is an advantage.

  • Ability to work independently, take ownership, and approach technical challenges with creativity and initiative.

  • Strong collaboration skills and a positive, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset.

  • Advanced written and spoken English proficiency, with the ability to communicate effectively in a remote and largely asynchronous environment.

  • Comfortable working within a diverse, multicultural, and distributed team.

  Benefits:

  • Compensation paid in USD.

  • Flexible working schedule.

  • Non-Working Pay Days Policy.

  • Dedicated learning budget.

  • Opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects and help drive positive change within the technology industry.

  • Inclusive and supportive working environment that values technical skills, collaboration, and professional growth.

  • Flexibility to develop your career regardless of whether your experience comes from traditional education or self-directed learning.