Permanent
Job DescriptionAll about the role:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Backend Engineer with proficiency in Kotlin, preferably combined with Ktor or a similar asynchronous backend framework. The candidate will become an integral part of our team working with sustainable consumer products and payments globally. You will be contributing to a large-scale, multi-regional commerce platform serving millions of consumers worldwide.
Furthermore, the role comes with end-to-end autonomy in application design, with a high degree of influence over architecture and implementation of the microservices being built, combined with full responsibility and ownership for their quality, scalability, deployment and lifecycle. The perfect candidate is a passionate developer who has worked with multi-regional backends where multiple platform installations run across multiple clusters, time zones, and datacenters worldwide.
What’s in it for you?
A high degree of autonomy in developing new services.
Freedom to design and shape service architecture.
Being part of a dedicated team that values collaboration and strong engineering practices.
Development of new capabilities on a modern, well-maintained platform with careful management of technical debt.
Excellent benefits for future parental leave.
A generous vacation allowance of 40 days per year.
A flexible working environment with a well-situated office in central Stockholm
Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain robust and scalable backend services primarily using Kotlin and Ktor.
Engage in architectural discussions and contribute to the design of a multi-regional backend.
Maintain and manage SQL and NoSQL databases.
Integrate with search clusters such as OpenSearch.
Work on our payment & product platform and ensure fault tolerance.
Manage deployments with tools like GitHub, Gradle & CircleCI.
Monitor built services directly in the cluster and through services such as Sentry and Datadog.
Mentor junior engineers, guiding them on best practices.
Required Qualifications:
3+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
3+ years of developing in Kotlin, with extensive understanding of modern and asynchronous backend frameworks.
Worked with Kafka or a similar event streaming platform
Fluent in Git, CI/CD, and build automation.
Knowledge of how to deploy, ingress, monitor, and manage backend services in a Kubernetes cluster.
Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with Ktor in a large-scale production environment is a major qualifier.
Hands-on experience and understanding of payment platforms is advantageous.
Familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform/Terragrunt.
Where you'll be:
This is a full-time position, based in Bangalore, India
As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take you.
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What We Do
Electrolux is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell approximately 60 million household products in approximately 120 markets every year. In 2020 Electrolux had sales of SEK 116 billion and employed 48,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.
