[Hiring] Senior Back End Engineer @KOR Financial

Role Description

As a Senior Back End Engineer at KOR, you get to own parts of the KOR Platform. We value your ideas, and you'll play a key role in developing products that our customers will love using. Of course, we don't expect you to know it all, but your natural desire to learn will help you overcome new challenges and prove yourself as a valuable member of the KOR team.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Designing and implementing the streaming data platform engine and SDK.
• Implementing new features for our range of web and streaming applications and data reporting capabilities.
• Being an active voice in the platform's build-out in regards to the technical choices and implementations.
• Working closely with the broader team to embrace new challenges and adapt requirements as we continue to grow and adjust priorities.
• Using Claude Code and other AI tools responsibly to boost productivity.
• Paired programming with a growing team of Back-end, Data, and Front-end Engineers.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8+ years of experience as a Back End Engineer.
• Experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with building and running applications on public cloud vendors like AWS.
• Working experience with one or more of the following technologies:
  • Kafka
  • Kafka Streams processor API (not high-level DSL)
  • DataBricks
  • EMR
  • DeltaFlow
• Experience profiling, debugging, and performance tuning complex distributed systems.
• Willingness to closely collaborate by pairing.
• A firm reliance on unit testing and mocking frameworks with a TDD (Test Driven Development) mindset.
• Knowledge of OOP principles and modern development practices.

Requirements

• Experience with horizontally scalable and highly available system design and implementation, focusing on performance and resiliency.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology, or similar through experience.

Benefits

• Working directly with seasoned international engineers with experience at companies like Pivotal (including ex-Spring team members), VMware, Confluent (including Kafka committers), and Apple.
• Culture of trust, kindness, empowerment, and constructive feedback.
• Competitive salary, great IT equipment, and expense allowance.
• Flexible working times.
• Fully remote, with fun social activities and gatherings.
• A span of control that matches your ambitions and skills.
• Commitment to a genuine, balanced relationship, listening to your needs and wishes, and working to help you grow professionally.