Kotlin Backend Engineer for Real-Time AI Content Platform

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Valka.ai is hiring a Kotlin backend engineer to build and maintain the core systems behind our interactive content platform. You’ll design interfaces between internal components and public clients while delivering end-to-end features with the team on AWS and in a data-centered environment.

The role emphasizes learning through pairing, code reviews, and mentorship, with collaboration across Kotlin developers and AI specialists. A strong interest in esports is a plus.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Kotlin experience.
• Understanding of backend fundamentals and cloud/distributed systems.
• Experience with API design (REST/GraphQL/gRPC).
• Familiarity with deploying to cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) or strong interest.
• Familiarity with Agile development.
• Esports interest is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services in Kotlin for our product platform.
• Design and implement interfaces between internal components and public clients (REST/gRPC/Kafka).
• Implement new features end-to-end together with the team (design discussion implementation rollout).
• Develop backend for our landing page, with interactive gamification features.
• Work with machines in our data center, as well as cloud platform on AWS.
• Help improve reliability and performance (monitoring, caching, availability) with guidance from the team.
• Be part of a collaborative, cross-domain product team, closely cooperating with other Kotlin developers, as well as AI specialists.
• Learn and grow through pairing, code reviews, and mentoring

Skills

Kotlin

Backend fundamentals

Cloud & distributed systems

API design

Cloud deployment

Terraform or Kubernetes

Agile development

Esports interest

Tools

Docker

Job description

Valka.ai is hiring a Kotlin backend engineer to build and maintain the core systems behind our interactive content platform. You’ll design interfaces between internal components and public clients while delivering end-to-end features with the team on AWS and in a data-centered environment.

The role emphasizes learning through pairing, code reviews, and mentorship, with collaboration across Kotlin developers and AI specialists. A strong interest in esports is a plus.