Full-Stack Engineer (Kotlin)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and microservice-based applications.
• Define and implement appropriate integration patterns between internal and external systems.
• Contribute to architectural decisions related to distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and application design.
• Develop backend solutions primarily using Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Contribute when required to frontend applications built with TypeScript, Nuxt, and NuxtUI, while maintaining a primary focus on backend development.
• Build and operate cloud-native workloads on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Cloud Run.
• Define and maintain infrastructure using Terraform.
• Participate actively in code reviews and pair programming sessions.
• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices and maintain high standards of automated testing.
• Write maintainable, modular, and well-structured code following Clean Code principles.
• Contribute to and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows.
• Use AI-assisted software engineering tools and practices to improve development productivity, code quality, testing, and problem-solving.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers, architects, and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Document technical solutions, architectural decisions, and development processes using Confluence.
• Manage development activities and collaborate with the wider team using Jira, Git, and GitLab.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in backend software development.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Good understanding of common enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs and service-to-service integrations.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native application development.
• Practical experience with Cloud Run or similar container/serverless platforms.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices including:
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD)
  • Clean Code
  • Code Reviews
  • Pair Programming
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Strong experience with Git-based development workflows, preferably using GitLab.
  • Experience working in collaborative development environments using Jira and Confluence.
  • Experience incorporating AI tools into software engineering workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Experience developing Single Page Applications.
• Experience with Nuxt and NuxtUI.
• Broader full-stack development experience while maintaining strong backend expertise.
• Experience designing systems deployed in containerized and serverless cloud environments.