Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing
Senior Kotlin Engineer
Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract StaffingUnited Kingdom3 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyInformation Technology

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.

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