Remote Kotlin Backend Engineer | Growth & Impact

Imaginary Cloud; United States; Remote; USD 29,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick days

Health and dental insurance

Comfort budget

Remote-first company

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Imaginary Cloud is a remote-first company recognised for a people-centric culture. You will contribute to server-side Kotlin development, design distributed systems, work with AWS and Kubernetes, and ensure robust PostgreSQL-backed services while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across global projects.

The role emphasizes English fluency, a Portugal-resident or eligible-to-work status, and a flexible, human-centered workplace with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with Kotlin in server-side development.
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices, comfortable in cloud-native setups (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with testing frameworks (JUnit, Testcontainers) and observability tools (Grafana) to ensure reliable performance.
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written.
• We seek team members who live in Portugal or are willing and legally qualified to live and work there.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side components using Kotlin.
• Design and evolve distributed systems and microservices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software.
• Engage in problem solving and knowledge sharing within the team.

Skills

Kotlin

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

English fluency

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Grafana

Testcontainers

JUnit

Prometheus

Job description

Imaginary Cloud is a remote-first company recognised for a people-centric culture. You will contribute to server-side Kotlin development, design distributed systems, work with AWS and Kubernetes, and ensure robust PostgreSQL-backed services while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across global projects.

The role emphasizes English fluency, a Portugal-resident or eligible-to-work status, and a flexible, human-centered workplace with opportunities for growth.