Principal Developer

You are a Principal Kotlin/Java Developer with a proven track record of designing and delivering scalable, high-performance software solutions. In this role, you will be a technical leader driving architectural decisions, mentoring teams, and ensuring best practices in software development. As a strategic thinker, hands-on coder, and collaborative team player with deep expertise in Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of high-performance, scalable applications. You will define and enforce architectural best practices, guide and mentor development teams, take ownership of complex system integrations, database design, and API development. Your responsibilities will include evaluating and introducing new technologies to enhance development processes, working across microservices and monolithic architectures, leading code reviews, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to define technical roadmaps and product strategy. To excel in this role, you should have 8+ years of experience in back-end or full-stack development, expert-level proficiency in Kotlin and Java 8+, deep expertise in Spring Boot and its ecosystem, strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, and hands-on experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems. You should also have strong knowledge of unit and integration testing, proven ability to lead and mentor development teams, and a strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and security best practices. Desirable skills include experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ and Kafka, knowledge of containerization with Kubernetes and Docker, and hands-on experience with Vaadin 8+, front-end technologies (JavaScript, CSS), or modern UI frameworks.,