Associate Staff Engineer (Kotlin)

Requirements

• Experience : 4 years
• Must have skills : Graph Data ModelingKotlin (Strong)Neo4j
• Strong professional experience in backend engineering and software development
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin or Java with hands-on production experience in Kotlin
• Solid experience working with Neo4j in production or complex enterprise systems
• Strong understanding of graph data modeling concepts and query optimization techniques
• Experience designing and developing backend services APIs and distributed systems
• Good understanding of system design architecture principles and scalable application development
• Strong analytical debugging and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with graph databases such as Amazon Neptune or similar technologies is a plus
• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails or other backend frameworks is an added advantage
• Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and cloud-native application development is preferred
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines automated testing and DevOps practices is desirable
• Ability to work in fast-moving product teams with high ownership and collaboration
• Willingness and flexibility to work in US overlapping hours (6 PM 3 AM IST)

Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Kotlin
• Build and optimize graph-based data solutions using Neo4j and graph data modeling principles
• Design efficient graph schemas relationships and query structures to support complex business use cases
• Optimize Neo4j queries and database performance for scalability and reliability
• Collaborate with product managers architects and engineering teams to define and implement backend solutions
• Contribute to system design discussions and architectural decisions for distributed backend systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across backend services and graph databases
• Develop clean maintainable and high-quality code following engineering best practices
• Participate in code reviews testing and deployment activities to ensure solution quality
• Support CI/CD practices and contribute to automation and operational excellence initiatives
• Work effectively in fast-paced product engineering environments with global collaboration
• Communicate technical concepts and design decisions clearly to cross-functional stakeholders
• Collaborate with teams during overlapping US business hours (6 PM 3 AM IST)

Qualifications :

Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time