KOTLIN BACK-END DEVELOPER

  • Full-time
  • Latvia

SUN FINANCE is a Riga-based fintech company providing financial services across four continents. Founded in 2017, we’ve grown beyond the startup phase—but we’ve kept its energy and innovation, now strengthened by stability and a great work environment.

Our success-driven team thrives on collaboration, ambition, and shared growth. And we’re not slowing down. Join us and be part of what’s next!

IT TEAM

IThe IT team consists of 80+ professionals across 8 different teams, working with 10+ products. They are cross-functional, self-sufficient, and highly autonomous teams led by supporting and inspirational leaders. You will work in a full-stack team with colleagues like Service support specialists, QAs, Back-End, Front-End, Products owner, and Team lead. Our stable processes will allow you to focus on your tasks and receive as much support as you need. We have varieties of different tasks (bug fixes, refactoring, different integrations, packages, and services creation and much more). 

JOB MISSION

We are looking for a skilled Middle to Senior Java Developer ready to expand their expertise into Kotlin.

In this role, you will design and implement backend services in Kotlin, using familiar Java tools and frameworks while applying DDD and TDD practices.

THE TECHNOLOGY WE USE

  • Kotlin 2.x on Java 17/21
  • PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch, RabbitMQ
  • Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, Wiremock, Gradle
  • AWS, Kubernetes, Keycloak, Kong, CircleCI

AS A BACK-END DEVELOPER, YOU WILL

  • Build robust APIs in Kotlin
  • Develop (micro) services for our brands and platforms
  • Collaborate with other teams to deliver internal products
  • Participate in architecture decisions and code reviews
  • Enhance and scale existing systems and interfaces
  • Implement unit and integration tests

REQUIREMENTS

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development
  • If you're a Java developer - willingness to master Kotlin
  • Exposure to event-driven environments
  • Problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical decisions
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment


As advantage


  • Experience in finance
  • Exposure to DDD
  • Willingness to build back-office user-interfaces with Vue
  • Experience with KMP development

BENEFITS

  • Hybrid work arrangements allowing to combine work from home and office
  • Flexible working hours start as late as 10 am
  • Health insurance
  • Well-being activities, surprises, and birthday gifts (sporty challenges, mini competitions with prizes)
  • Supporting self-driven learning (i.e., paid conference fees, relevant Udemy courses etc)
  • Receive bonuses for long-term cooperation like extra holidays, etc.
  • Free coffee & soft drinks to fuel those tough mornings
  • Variety of snacks and soups at the kitchen
  • Enjoy the private gym
  • Learn and grow in a company of over 10 nationalities
  • No suits! Unless it's Carnival or Halloween
  • Salary range 3550-5050 EUR gross depending on work experience and skills