Java/Kotlin Software Engineer

Role: Kotlin/JVM Software Junior EngineerLocation: London, UK (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)Role Type: Contract (TP) | Inside IR35Job Descripition:-Digital Banking – Insurance Protection Products and ServicesThe Insurance Protection Products and Services group within Digital Banking is responsible for software that powers customer insurance offerings across travel, flights, hotel and other areas. Our software powers the creation and servicing of insurance products, affecting hundreds of thousands of customers, providing peace of mind, and confidence.We are looking for a motivated, and collaborative Software Engineer to help us achieve our goals of building noteworthy insurance platforms and applications. We want you to help provide technical expertise and acumen to our growing team in pursuit of our customer experience goals.Our modern platform is built on top of a modern stack consisting of Kotlin/JVM for the back end interacting with other Java/JVM services internally, and a React based front end. We reach out to many APIs internally and externally to create and service our insurance policies and claims. We are in a period of expansion, growth, and renewal, and thus we are looking for members to join the team to help us. Responsibilities: As a developer, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of your software from inception to production, working on a mixture of green-field and brown-field projects, learning from, and contributing to your peer group.Participate in code review and design of systems from members of all levels.Collaborate within the group and across customer to design and integrate functionality and features.Partner with our Product Management team to refine functionality and features. Qualifications: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experienceFundamental strength in computer science with a demonstrable understanding of computational complexity and data structures.Understanding of service-based architecturesUnderstanding of web applications and use APIs to power themProven experience with live applications and production environmentsTechnical Skills:Creativity & Problem-SolvingAdaptability & FlexibilityAble to use AI tooling (CoPilot, Devin, Etc) to accelerate application and API development.Able to guide, analyze, correct, explain, and improve AI output.Aptitude for technology; curiosity, passion and startup mindsetPractical application and understanding of computer science conceptsInnovative thinkingSoftware testing acumen (unit test, integration tests)Java/Kotlin/JVMDatabases: Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, preferring PostgresSource Code Control: Working experience using GitHub, Bitbucket, RhodeCodeProduction monitoring and logging tools (i.e. CloudWatch, Prometheus, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, ELF)Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, GCP GKE, AWS ECS, AWS EKSCI/CD platforms (we are using GitHub Actions)Other: Git, Gitflow, Jira, Gitlab, Trello, ScrumFrameworks: Ktor, Spring Other Skills (that will be a plus): Full stack experience and willingness to dive into other levels of web applicationsApplied statistics skills: distributions, statistical testing, regression analysisCloud management and deployment – A strong background in different cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Apache, and Google Cloud PlatformDatabases – A familiarity of working with different databases such as Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB), Redis is recommended.Web technologies – knowledge and experience working with web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, C#, SASS, Stylus, Stylus, Python, and LESS.Web frameworks – knowledge and experience working with different frameworks like React Native, AngularJS, Angular2, VueJS, SocketIO, Backbone, KnockoutJS, Svelte, and Bootstrap.Software testing tools – A good working knowledge in testing code using Mocha, Jest, Unit-tests, TDD, Karma, VCS, and Selenium (base).If you're interested in this opportunity, please share your updated CV with me at varunteja.b@smartedgesolutions.co.uk or apply directly via LinkedIn.