Kotlin Backend Engineer - Banking Microservices (Hybrid NL)

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 paid holidays per year

NS Business Card for public transport

Cognizant Academy access

Competitive salary aligned withManager

Job summary

Cognizant in the Netherlands is seeking a backend engineer to design and develop resilient services using Kotlin and Java. You will work on secure microservices for banking branch workflows, collaborating across teams and mentoring peers to deliver scalable solutions that meet enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes Spring Framework expertise, Kafka event-driven patterns, and SQL optimization, with a hybrid work setup in the Netherlands and a focus on balance and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Strong Kotlin and Java development experience.
• Strong knowledge of microservice architectures.
• Deep proficiency in Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Kafka and Spring Data JPA/JDBC.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing event-driven architectures with Kafka.
• Proficiency in relational databases and SQL optimization.
• Mastery of OO design principles and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop resilient backend services using Java/Kotlin.
• Build secure microservices to support banking branch workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor peers.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Microservices

Spring Boot

Spring Kafka

Spring Data JPA

SQL optimization

PostgreSQL

Oracle

CI/CD

Kafka

OO design

Patterns

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

OpenTelemetry

Jaeger

Prometheus

Micrometer

Spring Framework

Kafka

Job description

Cognizant in the Netherlands is seeking a backend engineer to design and develop resilient services using Kotlin and Java. You will work on secure microservices for banking branch workflows, collaborating across teams and mentoring peers to deliver scalable solutions that meet enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes Spring Framework expertise, Kafka event-driven patterns, and SQL optimization, with a hybrid work setup in the Netherlands and a focus on balance and wellbeing.