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Senior Software Developer - Kotlin
🌎Madrid
1 month ago

Job Description

Senior Software Developers collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts, Designers, Project Managers and more to design software solutions that will create meaningful change for our clients. They listen thoughtfully to understand the context of a business problem and write clean and iterative code to deliver a powerful end result whilst consistently advocating for better engineering practices. By balancing strong opinions with a willingness to find the right answer, Senior Software Developers bring integrity to technology, ensuring all voices are heard.

For a team to thrive, it needs collaboration and room for healthy, respectful debate. Senior Developers are the technologists who cultivate this environment while driving teams toward delivering on an aspirational tech vision and acting as mentors for more junior-level consultants. You will leverage deep technical knowledge to solve complex business problems and proactively assess your team’s health, code quality and nonfunctional requirements.

Job responsibilities

  • You will work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients.
  • You will propose and implement solutions to address scalability & design challenges.
  • You will oversee or take part in the software development cycle of a scalable product.
  • You will implement changes/features as part of a Continuous Evolution process.
  • Responsible for application/environment health, continuous improvement, and continuous optimization approach.
  • Addresses in a timely manner software issues identified via various channels, quickly able to diagnose and qualify production incidents, identify and address root causes, find workarounds, etc.
  • Work on large-scale distributed systems out of microservices, with several external integrations in a fast-paced environment.
  • You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills.
  • You will use continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible.
  • Availability for flexible working hours, if needed.

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

  • You have a strong knowledge and understanding of Kotlin.
  • Relevant Frontend experience and knowledge are considered a plus.
  • Exposure to RabbitMQ, Postgres, or GitHub Actions is not mandatory but is considered a plus.
  • You can skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code and are comfortable with Object-Oriented.
  • Functional programming experience is a plus.
  • Comfortability with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, and/or Kanban.
  • You have working experience with the AWS development and deployment environment.
  • Exposure to Terraform/Kubernetes is considered a plus (not mandatory).
  • Experience relevant to the above-mentioned responsibilities.

Professional Skills

  • You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed.
  • You're resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills, dedicated to discovering the most suitable solutions for any given scenario.
  • You genuinely enjoy interacting with teammates from across the business and have a knack for communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

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