Kotlin Engineer

VirtusLab

WorldwideremotePosted 2 months ago

Skill Required

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Key highlights

Attractive salaries.
Senior/Staff level position.
Expert-level Kotlin/Java proficiency required.
Self‑development opportunities and friendly atmosphere.
Autonomy to design, scope, test, and implement features.
Hands‑on experience with LLMs expected.

Role overview

We are #VLteam - tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth. The team is our foundation, that's why we care the most about the friendly atmosphere, a lot of self-development opportunities and good working conditions (yes, that also means attractive salaries). Trust and autonomy are two essential qualities that drive our performance. We simply believe in the idea of “measuring outcomes, not hours”. Join us & see for yourself!

Responsibilities

Build various tooling using mainly Kotlin, including IntelliJ plugin, IDEs, coding agents or frameworks for Local AI inference.
Design, scope, test, and implement features with full autonomy.
Work within a small, flexible team of tooling engineers.
Collaborate with tooling engineers and be part of an organisation specialized in developer tooling.
Focus 100% on technology serving developer users.

Requirements

Kotlin/Java – Expert.
Kotlinx.coroutines / concurrent programming – Advanced.
English – Advanced.
Strong Kotlin skills or strong Java expertise with knowledge of Kotlin.
Understanding of asynchronous and concurrent programming, preferably with Kotlin Coroutines.
High agency and ability to drive work in a changing environment.
Engineering pragmatism: cutting complexity while keeping the system extensible.
Hands‑on experience using LLMs daily, with judgment to know when they help and when they don’t.
Fluency in English with good communication skills for a remote‑first team.
Self‑motivation and ability to take full ownership of features end‑to‑end.
Position level: Senior/Staff Kotlin Engineer.

Nice to have

Compose Desktop (Jetpack Compose).
Kotlin Multiplatform.
Build tools / IDE development.
Experience with different LLM agents and their configurations.
Experience with IDE development, especially around JetBrains IDEs.
Hands‑on experience with developer tooling (compiler, build tools, linters, IDE, agents).
Experience creating OS‑native desktop applications.
Experience creating GUIs using JVM (Swing, SWT, etc.).