Senior Lead Kotlin Engineer – Backend Platform & Fintech

Nix; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work format

Career growth and mentorship

Education reimbursement

Tech talks and trainings

Team events

Job summary

N-iX is seeking a Senior Lead Kotlin Engineer to join our Platform team for a fintech client delivering buy-now-pay-later services. You will own quarterly goals, lead engineers, and drive architecture to delivery in a remote-friendly setting.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years designing backends with Kotlin, and experience with AWS, MySQL/Dynamo, and Kubernetes. Strong communication and leadership are essential for cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using Kotlin.
• Strong experience building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL/Dynamo and Kubernetes.
• Ability to define a technical plan for delivery of significant features with elegant, extensible design.
• Proven ownership of large code bases and ability to drive safe, impactful changes.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team and lead engineers through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product management, design and analytics to align on requirements and trade-offs.
• Proactively identify and lead solutions to project, process, or tech issues.
• Support operations and availability by monitoring metrics and driving reliability on call duties.
• Set and improve code review and design standards across the team.

Skills

Kotlin

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

MySQL/Dynamo

Kubernetes

Job description

N-iX is seeking a Senior Lead Kotlin Engineer to join our Platform team for a fintech client delivering buy-now-pay-later services. You will own quarterly goals, lead engineers, and drive architecture to delivery in a remote-friendly setting.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years designing backends with Kotlin, and experience with AWS, MySQL/Dynamo, and Kubernetes. Strong communication and leadership are essential for cross-team collaboration.