Senior Kotlin Developer

Anson McCade; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

We're supporting a leading digital consultancy as they continue to grow their engineering function and are looking for an experienced Senior Kotlin Developer to join one of their high-performing delivery teams.

You'll work on complex software challenges for major public and private sector organisations, building resilient cloud-native applications that serve thousands of users. This is an opportunity to join a business renowned for engineering quality, modern development practices and a strong focus on continuous improvement.

The Role

• Build and deliver enterprise-scale applications using Kotlin and modern JVM technologies.


• Help shape technical solutions, architecture decisions and engineering standards across projects.


• Develop scalable microservices and APIs that support critical digital services.


• Work within multidisciplinary agile teams alongside Product Managers, Designers, Analysts and Engineers.


• Drive engineering best practice across testing, automation, deployment and software quality.


• Contribute to cloud-native solutions deployed across modern public cloud environments.


• Support and mentor other developers, helping to grow technical capability within the wider team.


• Play a key role in delivering user-focused software that balances performance, security and maintainability.


• Strong commercial experience developing applications with Kotlin.


• Excellent knowledge of Java and the wider JVM ecosystem.


• Experience building backend solutions using Spring Boot and related frameworks.


• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and API development.


• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.


• Exposure to containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.


• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing and Agile delivery.


• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Knowledge of frontend technologies such as TypeScript or Node.js.

The Senior Kotlin Developer Package

• Flexible benefits package