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# Remote Staff Software Developer (Kotlin Libraries)

- **Company:** Kotlin
- **Location:** Aberdeen, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Design Documents, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Software Engineering, Kotlin, Information Technology, Api Design
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/remote-staff-software-developer-kotlin-libraries/50376164

## About the Role

As part of our team, you will: Create and maintain foundational libraries for Kotlin core primitives that are used by hundreds of thousands of developers Become an expert in specific domains of computer science and software engineering Be part of a design committee that decides how the Kotlin API should be shaped Participate in creating standard Kotlin tools, specifications and language features Preferable: JVM development experience down to the implementation details of the Java standard library Strong understanding of the domain you've been working with Ability to write design documents for complex systems with strong reasoning behind each trade-off and technical decision Experience in performance engineering or API design In general, if you see yourself reading a Unicode standard, exploring how five other languages transform strings to bytes, figuring out why some Oceania islands changed their timezone from -10:00 to +14:00 and whether it should be expressed in the API of Kotlin



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