Senior Software Engineer / Java/Kotlin/Scala/Contract / Hybrid / Seattle, WA

Senior Software Engineer / Java/Kotlin/Scala/Contract / Hybrid / Seattle, WA

Posted 3 days ago by Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

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Summary: Our client, a leader in FinTech, is looking for a Contract Senior Software Engineer for a hybrid role that requires one day a week onsite in Seattle, WA. The position involves leading the development and testing of systems and services, mentoring other engineers, and shaping the technical architecture of the product. Candidates should have extensive experience with Java, Kotlin, or Scala, and a solid understanding of modern software stacks and microservices. The role emphasizes collaboration, problem-solving, and delivering impactful features in a production environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and testing of our systems and services
  • Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product
  • Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions
  • Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
  • Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
  • Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
  • Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 4+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
  • Core stack includes Java/Kotlin/Spring/PostgreSQL/React, running on Kubernetes in a service-oriented architecture
  • 2+ years Java, Kotlin or Scala programming experience
  • A proven understanding of relational databases and ORMs
  • Experience working on a SOA or microservice-based application
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
  • Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
  • Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features
  • Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests

Salary (Rate): £70 hourly

City: Seattle

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Our client, a leader in FinTech, is seeking a Contract Senior Software Engineer. This is a hybrid role, 1 day a week onsite in Seattle, WA

Required skills:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 4+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
  • Our core stack is Java/ Kotlin/ Spring / PostgreSQL/ React, and we run on Kubernetes in a service oriented architecture with over 100 services in production
  • 2+ years Java, Kotlin or Scala programming experience
  • A proven understanding of relational databases and ORMs
  • Experience working on a SOA or microservice-based application.
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
  • Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
  • Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture
  • Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
Preferred skills:
  • Interest in personal finance
  • Experience managing your own investments or experience taking out loans
  • Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
  • Full-stack experience, either toward systems (kafka, docker, posix), databases (postgres), or front-end (javascript/typescript, react)
Daily Responsibilities:
  • Lead the development and testing of our systems and services
  • Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product
  • Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions
  • Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
  • Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
  • Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
  • Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers
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