DevXPOD Lead (KotlinJava)

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: November 30 2026
Work Set Up: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a DevXPOD Lead (Kotlin/Java) to provide technical leadership for an agile engineering team delivering scalable high-quality software solutions. This role will lead technical planning guide solution design and drive the development of modern microservices and APIs while collaborating closely with engineering testing and product teams. The successful candidate will contribute hands-on to software development mentor team members and ensure engineering best practices are consistently applied throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

What you will do:

• Lead day-to-day technical activities for an agile engineering team supporting the overall Technical Lead in delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Refine technical backlogs by decomposing epics and features into well-defined user stories clarifying acceptance criteria identifying dependencies and ensuring delivery readiness.
• Support sprint planning by defining technical approaches identifying implementation spikes estimating work and prioritizing deliverables.
• Design develop and implement primarily back-end services and APIs using Kotlin and Java while contributing to front-end development when required.
• Build enhance and maintain microservices and REST APIs using secure resilient and scalable engineering practices.
• Apply consistent engineering patterns including logging error handling resilience and security-by-design principles.
• Contribute to architectural decisions alongside technical leadership documenting design decisions and technical trade-offs.
• Design build test deploy and support end-to-end software solutions from initial requirements through production support.
• Coach development teams on clean code principles test-driven development secure coding practices and maintainable software design.
• Drive peer code reviews enforce engineering standards and promote high levels of code quality and readability.
• Work within Agile CI/CD environments to deliver rapid automated and high-quality software releases.
• Collaborate with developers testers product teams and stakeholders to continuously improve products and engineering processes.
• Engage proactively with users and customers to resolve production issues respond to feature requests and reduce recurring operational challenges.
• Identify manage and remove technical blockers while supporting work prioritization and delivery execution.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience developing applications using Kotlin or significant Java experience with the willingness to learn Kotlin.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership within Agile software delivery teams.
• Strong experience designing and developing microservices REST APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience working with asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.
• Proficiency in API development SQL and relational databases and HTML/JavaScript.
• Experience working with developer collaboration tools such as GitHub Bitbucket Jira and Confluence.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies CI/CD pipelines and modern software engineering best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to decompose complex work manage dependencies and resolve technical challenges.
• Excellent analytical troubleshooting and production support skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering testing product and business teams.

Additional Information :

Please submit a CV/resume (mandatory) along with your application.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract