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# Java Kotlin Developer

- **Company:** TESTQ Technologies
- **Location:** Sheffield, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Confluence, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Scripting, Backend, Kotlin, Front End Software Development, Microservices
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815189624-java-kotlin-developer

## About the Role

* Experience in Java with willingness to learn Kotlin
 * Lots of experience of working with microservices
 * Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills
 * Experience in working with Agile including the use of Jira Confluence
 * Good interpersonal skills
 * Strong English skills written and spoken

## Description

Responsibilities

 * Collaborate with developers testers and the wider organisation to build and run products
 * Design develop implement backend features as per backlog priority with a small element of frontend development
 * All apps use a simple UI framework so not strictly frontend development
 * Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features
 * Proactively work with customers to resolve their issues and respond to feature requests
 * Build APIs and microservices
 * Work in an agile CICD environment to deliver rapid iterations at a sustained velocity
 * Be an active member of a team participating in peer reviews and in testing others code through automated test scripting

Skills

 * Experience in Java with willingness to learn Kotlin
 * Lots of experience of working with microservices
 * Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills
 * Experience in working with Agile including the use of Jira Confluence
 * Good interpersonal skills
 * Strong English skills written and spoken

Optional Nice to Have

Good working knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS Azure and GCP


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