Senior Software Engineer - Kotlin, Elasticsearch – Berlin

Senior Software Engineer - Kotlin, Elasticsearch – Berlin

Senior software engineer with strong experience using Kotlin is sort after by a tech for good start-up based in Berlin. They are building software to revolutionise their industry with 2 main goals:
1) Fix an industry which, in their view, is broken
2) Make the world a better (and healthier) place

Their product has already won multiple awards leading to some really healthy investment (beating some big competition to secure it) which is why they are one of Germany’s top start-ups to watch!

Responsibilities include:

• clean (and well documented) code which is easy to maintain
• a scalable search engine using Kotlin & Elasticsearch optimising the performance
• closely with the rest of the team to understand the requirements, share knowledge and review code
• similarity search functionalities for a range of input types (text, images and other vectors)

Required skills/experience:

• least 3 years’ experience with similar tech/products
• experience in development with Kotlin (other JVM languages can be considered e.g. Scala)
• understanding of search engine architecture and scalable concepts
• experience
• problem-solving and analytical skills
• communication skills (fluent in English is a must)

In return, they can offer:

• to €75k salary DOE
• stock options
• benefits package
• of the art office in the heart of Berlin

If you are an experienced software developer with skills in Kotlin, apply to the role or contact Luke Rose directly to learn more!