Senior Kotlin Backend Engineer | Cloud Native Microservices

AgileEngine; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth: Mentorship and personalized growth roadmaps.

Competitive compensation: USD-based pay with budgets for education and fitness.

Exciting projects: Work with Fortune 500 companies.

Flextime: Flexible schedule with remote and office options.

Job summary

A leading software development firm in Austin, Texas seeks a Software Engineer (Kotlin) to modernize backend systems and shape cloud-native, microservices solutions. This role offers opportunities for technical leadership in a remote environment, focusing on scalable microservices, infrastructure provisioning, and high-performance services. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of backend experience, strong Kotlin skills, and experience with Google Cloud technologies. Competitive perks and professional growth opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin (server-side).
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable microservices using Kotlin.
• Take ownership of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
• Migrate data and logic from a legacy PHP monolith to Cloud SQL/Spanner.
• Collaborate with mobile engineers to define API schemas and requirements.
• Ensure high performance and reliability of services deployed to Cloud Run/GKE.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.

Skills

Kotlin server-side

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Terraform

Microservices architecture

Relational databases (PostgreSQL)

NoSQL databases

Upper-intermediate English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

A leading software development firm in Austin, Texas seeks a Software Engineer (Kotlin) to modernize backend systems and shape cloud-native, microservices solutions. This role offers opportunities for technical leadership in a remote environment, focusing on scalable microservices, infrastructure provisioning, and high-performance services. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of backend experience, strong Kotlin skills, and experience with Google Cloud technologies. Competitive perks and professional growth opportunities are provided.