Senior Kotlin Engineer

One of the UK’s most iconic omni-channel retailers is looking for a Senior Kotlin Developer to join their expanding digital engineering function. This position requires expertise in Kotlin, strong architectural understanding of microservices, and a passion for providing technical guidance and mentoring. The role is a remote position with occasional office visit to the London office.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across a modern engineering environment, collaborate with agile product teams, and contribute to a high-traffic platform used by millions of customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance services using Kotlin

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers in the team

• Partaking in pair programming practices

• Build, integrate, and maintain REST APIs and backend services

• Champion best practices in software quality, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, QA, and DevOps

• Optionally take on people management responsibilities for engineers

• Stay updated with emerging backend and cloud technologies

Key Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of back-end development experience using Kotlin
• Expereince with Agile (Scrum or Kanban), TDD, and pair programming practices
• Expertise in microservice architectures and frameworks like Spring Boot or http4k
• Proven experience mentoring engineers and contributing to high-performing teams
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• An understanding of RESTful API design and integration

Apply now to join a high-impact team delivering cutting-edge e-commerce and cloud solutions at a national scale.

Please note: You must be UK-based and have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.