Summary: The Kotlin Developer role involves contributing to the IT Compliance Engine (ICE) project, a Kotlin-based web application designed for compliance transparency. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to develop backend services and APIs within a microservices architecture. The developer will engage in an agile environment, focusing on rapid development cycles and maintaining code quality. This contract position is based in London with a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with developers, testers, and other stakeholders to develop the ICE application.
• Design, develop, and implement backend services and features according to project priorities.
• Work within a microservices architecture, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Build APIs and microservices that solve key business challenges.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to design and launch new features.
• Engage directly with customers to resolve issues and respond to feature requests.
• Participate in an agile CI/CD environment, ensuring rapid and sustainable development cycles.
• Perform peer reviews and contribute to automated test scripting to maintain code quality.
• Demonstrate a learning mindset, continuously developing new skills and knowledge.

Key Skills:

• Strong Kotlin development experience (or Java with a willingness to learn Kotlin).
• Proficiency in API development, SQL/databases, and HTML/JavaScript.
• Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience developing applications in Kotlin (or Java with a willingness to learn Kotlin).
• Proficiency in at least two or three of the following: API development, SQL/databases, HTML/JavaScript.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and automated deployment tools (optional).
• Experience building out CI toolchains using Jenkins CI/CD (optional).

Salary (Rate): 706.38

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT