Kotlin Backend Developer

Looking for a Sr. Kotlin Backend developer who will be part of the team is transitioning from an Oracle PL/SQL team towards working with Kotlin, that is why we are looking for someone who can create new Kotlin services hands-on and teach others how to do it as well. Working together with (and under guidance of) our Kotlin staff engineer and having a vision for future developments is important.

More specifically, as Kotlin backend developer you will:

• Be a valued team member and a valuable team player, celebrating successes together.

• Join an Agile scrum team that works in increments of two weeks; participating in all ceremonies of standups, refinement, planning, retrospective…

• Work with the team on reliable solutions and also take responsibility for the teams’ code in our DevOps way of working (including availability for 24/7 standby shifts).

• Analyse/design application and data architecture solutions, build code, enforce code quality, develop best practices and manage deployments.

Develop on applications that run our business critical and strategical processes of delivery.

To become successful as our new software Engineer, you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science

• At least 7 year+ work experience as a software engineer

• Multiple years of Kotlin experience (2 years minimum, 4 years or more preferred)

• Experience with Java, Kotlin (must have), Oracle PL/SQL(preferred), CI/CD

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate

• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices in an Azure Cloud environment.

• A big plus if you also have experience with Kafka, Grafana, Postgres, and APIs

• A getting-things-done mentality

• An insatiable appetite for new knowledge

It goes without saying that so-called ‘soft skills’ are just as important as their ‘hard’ cousins. We highly value:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Training and Coaching experience (must have)

• Creative; identifies solutions and selects the best combination of practices by taking an innovative approach to problem solving

• Team player; involves others, shares knowledge and seeks opportunities for cross functional working and collaboration

• Adaptable to situations and different/multicultural environments

• Excellent command of the English language both written & spoken