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.