Senior Kotlin Engineer

Senior Kotlin Engineer, VP level Pay rate = £900-£1200 per day inside IR35 Umbrella London/Hybrid (3 days in office) Company requires a senior, experienced Kotlin engineer to support and extend a cloud‐hosted platform used for bookbuilding issuances across. These roles will join a high‐calibre London front‐office engineering team building a new issuance platform to replace a legacy bookbuilder. This is a hands‐on engineering role with strong emphasis on Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including mob programming, test‐first development, and continuous refactoring. Engineers are expected to contribute across development, integration, and production support, working closely as a team to maintain a high standard of code quality and system reliability. Required & Desirable Skills: Strong commercial experience building backend services in KotlinExperienced with event-sourced and event-driven architectureDeep experience with XP practices, including:Mob programming as a primary way of workingTest‐driven development (TDD)Continuous refactoring and clean code disciplineCloud experience in CARE Cloud / GCP, including:GKE and / or Cloud RunCloud SQL, MemorystoreArtifact Registry, Cloud LoggingKey Management CI/CD and SDLC experience in a regulated / enterprise environmentComfortable working in production systems with high availability and correctness requirementsEngineers in this role: Work primarily in mobs, sharing ownership of design and codeBuild, test, and evolve services with a strong focus on clarity, simplicity, and maintainabilitySupport the platform in production, using incidents and defects as opportunities to improve system design and resilienceFor workers in the United States, PrideGlobal and it's affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors. Equal Employment Opportunity PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Fair Chance Employment PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances. Accommodations We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us. Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation. Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.