Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior Kotlin Engineer for a full-time position (40 hours per week) in Romania. Our client is a broker platform that offers brokers real-time risk capacity anytime, anywhere. It is a genuine step-change from the current manual and time-consuming process available in the market, providing unprecedented service to brokers and clients. It is a first-of-its-kind digital model that claims to deliver a unique advantage to its business partners. It is the first fully digital and automatically driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate. They are transforming the following market within Lloyd's by revolutionizing the broker and client experience, taking an algorithmic approach to underwriting, and creating a learner operation model to benefit all market participants in the long term. They developed and created a platform in 2021, together with partners at Google and UCL, that helps insurance brokers place risks quickly and frictionlessly. They’re continuing to lead the charge on the digitization of this market, and we need more excellent minds to work with us to realize this goal and create more opportunities.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of software engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, ER modeling).
- 8 years of professional experience with Kotlin.
- Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, familiar with standard logging and monitoring tools used to investigate issues.
- Understanding with continuous integration or, ideally, continuous delivery.
- Strong knowledge of build tools (e.g., Maven) and version control tools (e.g., Git/GitHub).
- Experience working in agile teams, following Scrum or Kanban, and participating in regular ceremonies, including stand-ups, planning, and retrospectives.
- Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g., Jira).
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written).
- Proactive, self-motivated person with the ability to use own initiative.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, negotiation, and planning.
- Excellent analytical and technical skills.
- Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
- Ability to offer balanced opinions regarding the project’s existing and future technologies.
Nice to have
- Previous experience in software development in the financial markets, fintech, or Insurtech is preferable.
Responsibilities
- Build robust and scalable software for business-critical, web-based applications.
- Design, build, test, document, and maintain APIs and integrations.
- Develop new functionality in our core Kotlin-based services, working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Ensure quality control using industry-standard techniques such as automated testing, pairing, and code review.
- Work with the product team to understand and translate end-user requirements into an effective technical solution.
- Document technical design and analysis work.
- Assess current system architecture and identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Build mock-ups or prototypes to explore and troubleshoot new initiatives.
- Explore new ideas and emerging technologies and develop prototypes quickly.
- Uphold and advance the broader engineering team’s principles and ways of working.
- Serve as a domain expert for one or more of the project’s core technologies.
- Mentor and coach colleagues in both engineering and business domain subjects.
We offer
- US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
- Annual performance appraisals.
- Flexibility in workspace, either remote or in one of our development offices.
- Comprehensive medical insurance including dental and massages.
- Sport reimbursement program for onsite and online activities.
- Support of a healthy lifestyle, compensation for running events.
- Bonuses for recommendations of new employees.
- Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities.
- Personal loan budget available for long-term personnel.
- 20 vacation days, 10 national holidays and sick leaves.
- Maternity leave policy and family days off.
- Full compensation for conferences, courses, English classes.
- Free webinars, meetups and conferences organized by Svitla.
- Gifts for birthdays, New Year, anniversaries, children and more.
- Fun corporate celebrations and activities, regular lectures on various topics.
- Awesome team, friendly and supportive community!
About Svitla
Svitla Systems is a global trusted IT solutions company headquartered in California, with business and development offices through out the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Svitla is an outspoken advocate of workplace flexibility, best known for its well-established remote culture, individual approach to our teammate’s professional and personal growth, and family-like environment.
Since 2003, Svitla has served a wide range of clients, from innovative start-ups in California to mega-large corporations such as Ingenico, Amplience, InvoiceASAP and Global Citizen. At Svitla, developers work with clients’ teams directly, building lasting and successful partnerships, as a result of seamless integration with on-site processes.
Svitla Systems’ global mission is to build a business that contributes to the well-being of our partners, personnel and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world. Join us!
If you are interested in our vacancy, please send your CV.
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