Senior Kotlin Engineer
EPAM Systems
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Posted on Apr 23, 2025
Senior Kotlin Engineer Description
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Kotlin Engineer to join our dynamic team in Vietnam. As part of our development team, you will play a pivotal role in building scalable, reliable, and highly performance systems using modern technologies. If you are enthusiastic about cutting-edge frameworks, cloud technologies, and reactive programming, apply now!
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Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications using Kotlin, Java (18/21) within a Spring Boot 3+ framework
- Build highly responsive and scalable systems utilizing reactive programming techniques (WebFlux)
- Implement secure, robust, and optimized integrations between microservices and third-party systems
- Develop and maintain backend systems and APIs with attention to performance, scalability, and reliability
- Work with relational and non-relational databases, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB, to model, query, and optimize data storage
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes
- Monitor application health and performance using tools like Datadog and ensure cloud-based deployments in AWS
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years in backend development, with at least 2 years in Kotlin
- Proficiency in Spring Boot 3+, with strong preference for WebFlux experience for reactive programming
- Solid experience with Kubernetes to manage and deploy containerized applications
- Thorough understanding of PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including data modeling and query optimization
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ for building reliable and scalable messaging systems
- Proficiency in both spoken and written English (B2)
Nice to have
- Understanding of reactive systems or distributed architectures
We offer
- By choosing EPAM Vietnam, you're getting a job at a Vietnam Best Workplace™ certified company (2022-23 and 2023-24)
- You'll work with the latest and most advanced technologies on exciting global projects with a supportive multicultural team where your voice matters
- We prioritize a healthy work-life balance with a flexible hybrid working model and generous annual leave of up to 19 days
- We offer a transparent career path and an individual roadmap to engineer your future & accelerate your journey
- At EPAM, you can find vast opportunities for self-development: access to over 25,000 online courses and libraries from industry leaders, English classes, mentoring programs, partial grants of certification, and experience exchange with colleagues around the world. You will learn, contribute, and grow with us
How we hire
Here, we summarize the typical journey to finding a job within EPAM:
- Step 1: General interview with our talent attraction specialist
- Step 2: Technical interview with our technology experts*
- Step 3: Manager interview with a hiring manager
- Step 4: Client interview**
- And you are ready to join the team!
- Not sure if you meet all the requirements? No problem. Let’s talk anyway and find out more!
- It takes 1 min of application to start the journey with us. Apply now!
*Certain positions may necessitate entry tests tailored to specific client and project requirements.
**A project-specific interview may precede the client interview to assess project fit.
Life at EPAM
- EPAM Systems Inc. (EPAM) is a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company. Since 1993, we have used our software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world.
- Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor as a Best Workplace in 2023 and 2024, our multidisciplinary teams of 53, 250+ employees serve customers in 55 countries and regions, across six continents (*Data as of Q3 2024).
- Established in 2019, EPAM Vietnam has about 150 employees and is still expanding rapidly. We offer a multicultural environment where our tech talents can proactively develop world-class solutions directly with international clients. At EPAM Vietnam, we adopt a global growth strategy, thinking and acting like start-ups, working in multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering results. You’ll find interesting challenges typically dealt with at a start-up, yet you’ll be in a highly professional corporate setting.