• Take ownership of engineering team objectives and quarterly goals, guiding team members through complex and ambiguous technical challenges while ensuring successful delivery.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable backend systems and services using Kotlin, ensuring high performance, reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Design and Analytics teams throughout the product development lifecycle, contributing to ideation, technical discussions and strategic decision-making.
• Translate business and product requirements into effective technical solutions, identifying constraints, evaluating risks and balancing technical trade-offs.
• Develop technical plans and implementation strategies for significant features, system components and architectural improvements.
• Proactively identify project, process, technology and business challenges, taking initiative to resolve issues and improve delivery outcomes.
• Ensure the reliability and availability of backend systems by defining, monitoring and maintaining relevant performance and operational metrics.
• Participate in system maintenance, incident escalation and on-call responsibilities to maintain service continuity.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, including code reviews, software design practices and development guidelines.
• Promote a culture of technical excellence and ownership through documentation, knowledge sharing, technical presentations and engineering discussions.
• Mentor and support other engineers by providing constructive feedback, sharing technical expertise and leading by example.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help strengthen engineering capabilities across the wider organisation.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of professional experience designing, developing and launching scalable backend systems using Kotlin.
• Strong experience building and maintaining highly available distributed systems in production environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud infrastructure and backend technologies, particularly AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to design and implement complex software features and system components, creating technical solutions that are elegant, scalable, simple and extensible.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to produce clean, high-quality code that is easy to understand, maintain and reuse.
• Experience working within large codebases and confidently implementing significant changes while maintaining system stability and quality.
• Familiarity with engineering tools, testing strategies and development practices that enable safe and reliable software delivery.
• Strong technical judgement, with the ability to evaluate architectural options, identify potential risks and make informed engineering decisions.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability, including the ability to manage technical priorities and contribute to broader team objectives.
• A proactive approach to personal and professional development, including actively seeking feedback from colleagues, managers and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to collaborate effectively within an international engineering team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build lasting professional relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• A collaborative mindset, combined with the motivation to mentor others, share knowledge and contribute meaningfully to team success.

Benefits:

• Fully remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to collaborate with a global team of experienced software engineers and technical specialists.
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise projects across industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and energy.
• Opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies and distributed system architectures.
• Challenging technical projects that encourage continuous learning and professional development.
• Significant ownership and autonomy in technical decision-making and engineering delivery.
• Opportunities to mentor colleagues, develop leadership capabilities and influence engineering standards.
• Collaborative working environment that values innovation, accountability, knowledge sharing and technical excellence.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-impact digital transformation and enterprise technology initiatives.
• Career development opportunities within a rapidly growing international technology consulting environment.