Kotlin Backend Engineer - Hybrid, Contract to 2027

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 19,096,000 - 21,033,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge tech

Training events

In-house seminars

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is recruiting a Kotlin Developer for a contract role in Sheffield. The position is hybrid, 2-3 days onsite per week, with a daily rate up to £450.80 inside IR35.

You will work on Kotlin and Java-based web applications and APIs within a microservices architecture, contributing to backend features and some frontend work, across multiple PoCs.

The team uses Github/Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence, and embraces agile CI/CD to deliver frequent iterations.

Qualifications

• Experience in Kotlin (or significant Java experience with willingness to learn Kotlin).
• Experience in API development, SQL/databases, HTML/Javascript.
• Experience with microservices.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in Agile with Jira/Confluence.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Strong English skills, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers, testers and the wider organisation to build and run products.
• Design, develop and implement back-end features with some frontend work.
• Work with a simple UI framework; not strictly frontend development.
• Collaborate with engineering to design and launch new features.
• Proactively assist customers to resolve issues and handle feature requests.
• Build APIs and microservices.
• Contribute in a CI/CD environment for fast, continuous delivery.
• Participate in peer reviews and support automated testing.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

APIs

SQL Databases

HTML/JavaScript

Microservices

CI/CD

Team collaboration

English communication

Tools

GitHub

Bitbucket

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Experis - ManpowerGroup is recruiting a Kotlin Developer for a contract role in Sheffield. The position is hybrid, 2-3 days onsite per week, with a daily rate up to £450.80 inside IR35.

You will work on Kotlin and Java-based web applications and APIs within a microservices architecture, contributing to backend features and some frontend work, across multiple PoCs.

The team uses Github/Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence, and embraces agile CI/CD to deliver frequent iterations.