Kotlin Engineers

Accountabilities:: Take ownership of engineering team objectives and quarterly goals, guiding team members through complex and ambiguous technical challenges while ensuring successful delivery. Design, develop and maintain scalable backend systems and services using Kotlin, ensuring high performance, reliability and maintainability. Collaborate with Product Management, Design and Analytics teams throughout the product development lifecycle, contributing to ideation, technical discussions and strategic decision-making. Translate business and product requirements into effective technical solutions, identifying constraints, evaluating risks and balancing technical trade-offs. Develop technical plans and implementation strategies for significant features, system components and architectural improvements. Proactively identify project, process, technology and business challenges, taking initiative to resolve issues and improve delivery outcomes. Ensure the reliability and availability of backend systems by defining, monitoring and maintaining relevant performance and operational metrics. Participate in system maintenance, incident escalation and on-call responsibilities to maintain service continuity. Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, including code reviews, software design practices and development guidelines. Promote a culture of technical excellence and ownership through documentation, knowledge sharing, technical presentations and engineering discussions. Mentor and support other engineers by providing constructive feedback, sharing technical expertise and leading by example. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help strengthen engineering capabilities across the wider organisation. Requirements: At least 5 years of professional experience designing, developing and launching scalable backend systems using Kotlin. Strong experience building and maintaining highly available distributed systems in production environments. Hands-on knowledge of cloud infrastructure and backend technologies, particularly AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB and Kubernetes. Proven ability to design and implement complex software features and system components, creating technical solutions that are elegant, scalable, simple and extensible. Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to produce clean, high-quality code that is easy to understand, maintain and reuse. Experience working within large codebases and confidently implementing significant changes while maintaining system stability and quality. Familiarity with engineering tools, testing strategies and development practices that enable safe and reliable software delivery. Strong technical judgement, with the ability to evaluate architectural options, identify potential risks and make informed engineering decisions. Demonstrated ownership and accountability, including the ability to manage technical priorities and contribute to broader team objectives. A proactive approach to personal and professional development, including actively seeking feedback from colleagues, managers and stakeholders. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to collaborate effectively within an international engineering team. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build lasting professional relationships across multidisciplinary teams. A collaborative mindset, combined with the motivation to mentor others, share knowledge and contribute meaningfully to team success. Benefits: Fully remote working arrangement. Opportunity to collaborate with a global team of experienced software engineers and technical specialists. Exposure to large-scale enterprise projects across industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and energy. Opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies and distributed system architectures. Challenging technical projects that encourage continuous learning and professional development. Significant ownership and autonomy in technical decision-making and engineering delivery. Opportunities to mentor colleagues, develop leadership capabilities and influence engineering standards. Collaborative working environment that values innovation, accountability, knowledge sharing and technical excellence. Opportunity to contribute to high-impact digital transformation and enterprise technology initiatives. Career development opportunities within a rapidly growing international technology consulting environment.