Kotlin Engineer (No C2C) - Work from home

Looking for engineers with 5+ years of overall development and a few years with Kotlin. 12 month contract with potential to hire!!

We are looking for Engineers that are open-minded, willing to learn, and are passionate about building great software. As we decide if an Engineer is a fit for our Team, we will not focus solely on experience or languages used, but the ability to think out of the box and approach problems with a clever mindset. We are influenced by The Twelve-Factor App principles, and we have picked modern ergonomic languages that maximize productivity and readability, i.e., modern JVM : Quarkus / Micronaut with Kotlin and lightweight Go command tools. Architecture is event driven microservices leveraging Kafka, and our polyglot-persistence includes Postgres and Cassandra.

• Top Skills' Details*

1. Kotlin Engineer* (backend not mobile)*

2. End to end API experience (principles in constructing an API, security, performance, testing, etc).

3. Development of microservices (SpringBoot; Vert.X and Quarkus are a huge plus)

• Description : *

The Modern Money Movement initiative is an exciting opportunity to solve complex challenges and to build a novel Platform that is going to power the next generation of financial products. We are a team of entrepreneurial disruptors with a great FinTech Engineering culture at the forefront of innovation in the industry. We are building amazing GraphQL and APIs, intelligent payment routing decision engines, an ISO20022 framework, AI / ML driven data pipelines, and fluid integrators with Global Payment Infrastructure and the banking system.

Our team is responsible for mission critical customer journeys, including “Pay your Bill,” “Plan your Payment” and “Get a Loan.” Our goal is to decouple our assets, such as our ACH engine and bank validation, and make it easy for others in the company to build world class customer experiences.

• Additional Skills & Qualifications : *
• Build software as part of a nimble agile Team where you have every opportunity to make an impact on the bottom line and contribute to the architecture.
• Ensure our infrastructure is safely extensible, scalable, reliable and meets SLAs for both external and internal users.
• Create a brand for our platform composed of amazing APIs, Developer Portal, Tutorials and SDKs.
• Ensure our solutions are testable, intuitive, and easy to maintain.
• Use state of the art tools for remote collaboration and developer happiness, i.e., IntelliJ CodeWithMe and Tuple
• Participate in design and code reviews for key components and cross Enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications :

• Experience in backend reactive programming languages : Java 8+ and / or Kotlin.
• Proven track record developing lightweight reactive microservices : Vert.x, Quarkus, Micronaut or Spring Boot.
• Deep understanding of event driven architecture and messaging : Kafka, webhooks, asynchronous API design.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases.
• Have experience working as an individual contributor as part of a cross functional agile team. Experience in FinTech is a massive plus.
• Have proven experience in supporting mission critical platforms with high levels of availability and service continuity.
• Have solid experience in cloud-based architecture and distributed systems.
• Have exceptional written and communication skills and have the ability to express dissenting opinions in a constructive manner.
• Self-directed and able to work on an ambiguous environment through the innovation process.
• Care about learning and being open minded about switching approaches and experimenting.
• Value collaboration and put the Team interests always above self.

About TEKsystems :

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.