Backend Engineer (Kotlin/Java) — Release & SDLC Automation

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Private medical care

Life insurance

Pension plan

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

Discounts for employees

Job summary

the company London is seeking a delivery-focused backend engineer to join our CTO organisation. You will work on scalable server-side services using Kotlin/Java 21, RESTful APIs, and modern tooling, with a focus on automation and SDLC improvements.

You will shape architecture, contribute to the technical roadmap, and stay ahead of GenAI to drive productivity and safer software delivery across a globally distributed team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering within technical projects.
• Hands-on experience building production-grade services; you're still coding regularly.
• Strong server-side engineering skills: Kotlin or Java, RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Write code and deliver backend services.
• Shape architecture and contribute to the technical roadmap.
• Stay ahead of GenAI; apply new ideas to products.
• Collaborate with product, design, and UI engineers to deliver robust solutions.

Skills

Backend development

RESTful APIs

Java 21

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Couchbase

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Tekton

Harness

GitHub Copilot

Job description

the company London is seeking a delivery-focused backend engineer to join our CTO organisation. You will work on scalable server-side services using Kotlin/Java 21, RESTful APIs, and modern tooling, with a focus on automation and SDLC improvements.

You will shape architecture, contribute to the technical roadmap, and stay ahead of GenAI to drive productivity and safer software delivery across a globally distributed team.