Senior Kotlin/JVM Engineer

Hackajob Ltd
Leeds, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£61,000.0 - £101,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Automation of Tests Cloud Computing Software Quality Databases Relational Databases DevOps
+20 more
Github Gradle Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Junit Machine Learning NoSQL Software Architecture RabbitMQ Software Engineering TypeScript ReactJS Backend Kotlin Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS) Kubernetes Graphql React Native Front End Software Development React Redux Docker

Job description

  • Deliver elegant, idiomatic solutions in Kotlin or Java
  • Contribute new knowledge and experience to collaborative design discussions with stakeholders across the business
  • Build and integrate new APIs
  • Tune existing services as they scale
  • Support the expansion of new products and supporting services in the US
  • Work closely with others in a small, exceptional engineering team
  • Help improve software engineering capabilities as a team
  • Contribute to a happy and productive working environment

Technologies:

  • Support
  • JVM
  • Java
  • Kanban
  • Kotlin
  • NoSQL
  • AI
  • AWS
  • Backend
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • Frontend
  • GitHub
  • Gradle
  • GraphQL
  • JUnit
  • Kubernetes
  • Machine Learning
  • RabbitMQ
  • React
  • React Native
  • Redux
  • SASS
  • TypeScript

Requirements

  • Strong commercial Kotlin or JVM-based engineering experience, with willingness to work with Kotlin
  • Ability to write simple, clean code
  • Experience and understanding of databases; relational databases are a must, and NoSQL would be nice too
  • Ability to quickly understand complex financial business domains
  • Ability to understand different software architectures rapidly
  • Understanding of abstraction and interpolation
  • Ability to write comprehensive automated tests at all levels of the pyramid
  • Understanding of the Kanban agile methodology is preferred, but not essential
  • Ability to get along with others and build relationships
  • Willingness to continually learn, improve, and collaborate
  • Ability to solve problems independently and know when to ask peers for help
  • Rational thinking and awareness of the reasons behind work approaches
  • Pragmatic mindset with the ability to weigh trade-offs between code quality and delivery

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