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# Senior Kotlin Developer

- **Company:** Salt Search Ltd.
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Key Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Data Logging, Test-Driven Development (TDD), System Availability, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Extreme Programming
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840622962-senior-kotlin-developer

## About the Role

This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong emphasis on Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including mob programming, test-driven development, and continuous refactoring. Engineers are expected to contribute across development, integration, and production support, collaborating closely to maintain high standards of code quality, system reliability, and performance.

 * Strong commercial experience building backend services using Kotlin
 * Experience with event-sourced and event-driven architectures
 * Deep familiarity with XP practices, including:
 * Mob programming as a primary way of working
 * Continuous refactoring and clean code principles
 * Cloud experience with GCP, including:
 * GKE and/or Cloud Run
 * Cloud SQL and Memory store
 * Artifact Registry and Cloud Logging
 * Key Management
 * Experience with CI/CD and SDLC in regulated or enterprise environments
 * Comfortable working on production systems requiring high availability and accuracy



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