Remote Kotlin Backend Engineer - Impact & Growth

Imaginary Cloud; Coimbra; Remote; EUR 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Flexible working hours

Health and dental insurance

Sick days paid

Job summary

Imaginary Cloud is a Portugal-based remote-first company seeking a talented backend engineer focused on Kotlin and distributed systems. You will design and implement server-side services in cloud-native environments, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across global projects.

The role emphasizes architecture craft, testing, and observability, with an emphasis on English communication and growth within a human-centric culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Kotlin in server-side development.
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices in cloud-native setups (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with testing (JUnit, Testcontainers) and observability (Grafana).
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written.
• Residency in Portugal or willingness to live and work there.

Responsibilities

• Develop server-side applications in Kotlin and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Design and evolve distributed systems and microservices.
• Work with cloud-native AWS/Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across projects.
• Contribute to quality through testing and observability practices.

Skills

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

JUnit

Testcontainers

Grafana

English fluency

Tools

Docker

Git

Job description

Imaginary Cloud is a Portugal-based remote-first company seeking a talented backend engineer focused on Kotlin and distributed systems. You will design and implement server-side services in cloud-native environments, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across global projects.

The role emphasizes architecture craft, testing, and observability, with an emphasis on English communication and growth within a human-centric culture.