Java/Kotlin Developer

Summary

Join Encora as a backend engineer to design, build, and maintain applications and infrastructure. Support production applications, including on-call responsibilities. Own features from start to finish, collaborating with your scrum team for timely delivery. Collaborate with teammates to solve problems related to scalability, performance, user interface, and experience. Help improve and maintain APIs. Work with engineering and product teams to bring features to life for customers. This full-time, work-from-home position requires 7+ years of experience.

Requirements

• 7+ years of demonstrated ability with one or more major programming languages (Java, Kotlin)
• At least 2 years of experience working with Kotlin for backend applications
• JVM domain
• Experience working on a Scrum team
• TypeScript, NodeJS, or Javascript knowledge and experience using it either as a frontend, backend or full stack developer
• Strong architecture skills, able to present ideas and implement designs to meet the needs of customers
• Strong understanding of RESTful API conventions
• High standards for quality and attention to detail
• Passion for growing your skills, tackling interesting work and challenging problems
• Ability to strike a balance between the needs of today with building towards a greater future

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain our backend applications and infrastructure
• Support production applications including on-call responsibilities
• Own features from start to finish while working with your scrum team to ensure on time delivery with technical excellence and quality
• Collaborate with other teammates to creatively solve problems ranging from scalability and performance to users interface and experience
• Help improve, expand and maintain our acquisition, applicant and customer APIs
• Work with the engineering and product team to help bring the features on our ambitious roadmap to life for our customers