Remote Kotlin Backend Engineer (Portugal) | AWS & Kafka

Adentis; United States; Remote; USD 46,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits for employees and/or'

Team-building events

Ongoing training and certification

Job summary

Adentis is hiring a backend developer to work on Kotlin-based systems with Java plus Kotlin expertise. You will design and implement scalable services, integrate with PostgreSQL, and leverage Kafka/RabbitMQ for event-driven messaging.

The role requires AWS familiarity, strong testing and observability practices, and excellent English communication. Portugal residency and remote work options are available.

Qualifications

• Must have degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Backend experience with Kotlin or Java + Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Experience with tests (JUnit, Testcontainers) and observability (Grafana).
• Cloud exposure with AWS; English fluency; Portugal residency; remote work eligibility.

Skills

English fluency

Experience in backend development

Kotlin

Java

Education

Degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

RabbitMQ

JUnit

Testcontainers

Grafana

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Adentis is hiring a backend developer to work on Kotlin-based systems with Java plus Kotlin expertise. You will design and implement scalable services, integrate with PostgreSQL, and leverage Kafka/RabbitMQ for event-driven messaging.

The role requires AWS familiarity, strong testing and observability practices, and excellent English communication. Portugal residency and remote work options are available.