Senior Backend Engineer
Contract Independent
Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
Remote
$70 - $75/hr
Tixy Services LLC
Fitment
Dice Job Match Score™
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Job Details
Skills
- Kotlin
- Apache Kafka
- RESTful
- Spring Boot
- Agile
- SQL
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer (Kotlin | Spring Boot | Kafka)
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Long Term Contract
Experience: 9–15 Years
Note: We need only Senior Candidates, and it is mandatory for them to have experience with Kotlin.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and enhance modern backend services that power our next-generation Operations Technology platform. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building scalable, high-performance, and maintainable microservices using Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Kafka.
As a senior member of the engineering team, you will play a key role in designing backend architectures, implementing enterprise-grade APIs, integrating with databases and event-driven systems, and ensuring code quality through best engineering practices. In addition to technical contributions, you will mentor a team of junior engineers, participate in architectural discussions, and collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and fellow engineers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
This position is ideal for a self-driven engineer who thrives in an Agile environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and can deliver high-quality solutions with minimal supervision.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business and technical requirements to design scalable backend solutions.
- Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices using Kotlin and Spring Boot.
- Build and integrate event-driven services using Apache Kafka.
- Develop modular, maintainable, secure, and high-performing backend applications.
- Create technical design specifications following enterprise architecture standards and design patterns.
- Integrate backend services with relational databases and write efficient SQL and PL/SQL scripts.
- Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models using tools such as Lucidchart, Visio, or similar platforms.
- Develop optimized DDL and DML scripts to support application functionality.
- Implement comprehensive unit tests and maintain high code coverage standards.
- Instrument applications using DataDog to support monitoring, logging, and observability.
- Conduct peer code reviews and promote software engineering best practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production and application performance issues.
- Collaborate with architects, QA engineers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor a team of junior software engineers, fostering engineering excellence and continuous learning.
- Proactively identify technical risks, blockers, and opportunities for process improvements.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- 8–15 years of professional experience in backend software development.
- Strong hands-on experience developing backend services using Kotlin.
- Extensive experience building REST APIs and microservices using Spring Boot.
- Solid knowledge of Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures.
- Experience integrating backend services with relational databases.
- Strong SQL and PL/SQL development skills, including writing and optimizing DML and DDL scripts.
- Experience designing conceptual, logical, and physical data models using Lucidchart, Visio, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, object-oriented programming, and common design patterns.
- Experience implementing scalable, secure, maintainable, and high-performance backend solutions.
- Experience with DataDog or similar application monitoring and observability platforms.
- Proficiency with unit testing frameworks and maintaining high code quality standards.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development environments.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Prompt Engineering or AI-assisted software development.
- Familiarity with the Superblocks low-code platform.
- Experience with enterprise Operations Technology or internal business systems.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native application development.
- Experience working with distributed systems and large-scale enterprise applications.
Key Competencies
- Backend Architecture & System Design
- Microservices Development
- API Design & Integration
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Database Design & Optimization
- Software Engineering Best Practices
- Performance Optimization
- Code Quality & Testing
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Agile Development
- Problem Solving
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Continuous Learning & Innovation
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
- Dice Id: 91173297
- Position Id: 9012188
- Posted 18 hours ago
Company Info
About Tixy Services LLC
Tixy Tech is a reputable consulting and staffing firm that operates across the nation, committed to delivering exceptional resources to cater to our clients' diverse hiring needs in technology, assessment, management, logistics, and accounting/finance.
We specialize in offering comprehensive solutions to address various corporate challenges such as organizational transformations, headcount limitations, budgetary constraints, fundamental shifts in core business operations, staff augmentation requirements, and mergers/acquisitions.
Our primary objective is to provide top-notch consultants who excel at completing your projects within the designated timelines and budgetary limits. With our experienced sales and recruitment team, we make it a priority to thoroughly comprehend your business direction, technical prerequisites, and unique organizational culture. This deep understanding allows us to allocate the best available resources to fulfill your organization's staff augmentation needs effectively.
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