Senior Java/Kotlin Backend Engineer – Hybrid London

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful product ownership

Modern tech stack

Collaborative team environment

Flexible working hours

Job summary

A leading software development company in London is seeking a Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer to join their high-impact product engineering team. In this hybrid role, you will design scalable backend services and influence technical direction. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Java/Kotlin, AWS, and distributed systems. You will benefit from a collaborative culture, flexible hours, and strong work-life balance, while contributing to impactful customer-facing products.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience with Java and/or Kotlin.
• Proven track record building and shipping customer-facing products.
• Deep experience with Apache Kafka/event streaming architectures.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building high-scale backend services in Java and Kotlin.
• Building and operating systems on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to a strong engineering culture.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

AWS

Apache Kafka

microservices

system design

mentoring

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading software development company in London is seeking a Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer to join their high-impact product engineering team. In this hybrid role, you will design scalable backend services and influence technical direction. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Java/Kotlin, AWS, and distributed systems. You will benefit from a collaborative culture, flexible hours, and strong work-life balance, while contributing to impactful customer-facing products.