Mid Level Full Stack Kotlin Developer
Posted about 2 hours ago
Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
£60000 - £75000 per annum
Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
TechPermanent
Mid Level Full Stack Kotlin Developer
Full Stack Software Engineer
Salary: Up to £65,000
Location: Manchester Piccadilly (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)
Overview
We’re working with a well‑known international retailer that is undergoing a major digital transformation. They are investing heavily in modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, and customer‑focused digital products, making this a brilliant opportunity for an engineer who wants to build meaningful customer‑facing technology at scale.
As the organisation shifts from a traditional retail model to a modern, data‑driven digital business, you’ll be joining a team that plays a key role in designing and shaping the next generation of their digital platforms.
The Role
As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will:
Salary: Up to £65,000
Location: Manchester Piccadilly (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)
Overview
We’re working with a well‑known international retailer that is undergoing a major digital transformation. They are investing heavily in modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, and customer‑focused digital products, making this a brilliant opportunity for an engineer who wants to build meaningful customer‑facing technology at scale.
As the organisation shifts from a traditional retail model to a modern, data‑driven digital business, you’ll be joining a team that plays a key role in designing and shaping the next generation of their digital platforms.
The Role
As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will:
- Build and maintain high‑performance backend REST APIs and event‑driven microservices.
- Develop mission‑critical Kotlin applications within a collaborative UK engineering team.
- Support and create user‑facing digital experiences.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across both front‑end and back‑end systems.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and contribute to estimation and delivery planning.
- Advocate best practices, clean coding principles, and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to a culture of collaboration through pairing, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
- Work with cloud-based systems (experience with GCP is highly beneficial).
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging engineering technologies.
- Strong hands‑on experience as a full stack engineer using Kotlin.
- Experience developing reliable, well‑tested backend systems and cloud‑hosted microservices.
- Good understanding of event‑driven architectures.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability and modern DevOps practices.
- Ability to influence or lead technical decision-making.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- A proactive, motivated mindset and enjoyment of team‑based engineering.
- Experience driving XP practices: TDD, pair programming, continuous delivery.
- Previous experience in retail, QSR, hospitality, or ecommerce technology.
- Exposure to Node.js, TypeScript, React – their wider stack uses both Kotlin and TypeScript, so this is beneficial.
- Experience working in high‑scalability digital environments or multi‑system ecosystems.
- Play a key part in a major digital modernisation programme.
- Work in a supportive, quality‑driven engineering culture.
- Hybrid working: 2 days onsite in Manchester Piccadilly / 3 days remote.
- Salary up to £65,000 strong benefits package.
- Opportunity to build modern customer‑facing digital products at scale.
- Join an organisation committed to innovation, learning, and engineering excellence.
- Free Breakfast and Lunch