Senior Kotlin Engineer in NETHERLANDS

Sytac is an IT company that provides clients with the expertise to build complex software projects. Our employees can follow their own roadmap to success through our Grow, Share, and Relax mindset. Grow means ensuring our employees work with the latest technologies by organizing monthly technical sessions and harbouring the most innovative projects in the Netherlands. To Share implies that we constantly stimulate a vivid flow of ideas through our culture of knowledge sharing. To Relax means becoming part of an active community of 100+ IT experts, and cultivating a great work-life balance.

What your mission is:

As a Backend consultant at Sytac, you contribute to improving and optimising the online experience of millions of customers. Using the latest technology, you transform the ever-changing insights in e-commerce, aviation and banking into code that works. In short, you use your programming skills to develop, test and implement new functionalities with your team.

At Sytac, you work with the best experts in the field. In an open environment where expertise is valued, you learn from each other and have the freedom to innovate. We have adopted the Spotify Model, which puts you in different chapters according to your expertise with a designated Chapter Lead. When your team needs a break from coding, you can head to the gaming room to fill up your batteries.

Who we are looking for:

Your passion is to work with the latest and most remarkable technologies that make working with large amounts of data easy; you’re proactive in keeping yourself up to date and trying everything out. You also enjoy laying the architectural foundations for what you’re working on and taking the initiative to put your input towards solving the business problem with the right technology. You combine forward-thinking and a hands-on attitude. You are able to identify on which fronts a team can grow and will help them get there. You will work in a team with highly skilled people and enjoy a creative atmosphere where trying things out is encouraged.

Do you recognise yourself in this profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering | Computer Science.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a backend engineer using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot
• You feel at home in a high-performing team and make the other members feel at home.
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices, including Git, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Experience with Apache Spark, Akka, Kafka, Flink
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker
• Familiarity with Cassandra DB, Hadoop, SQL, MongoDB, NoSQL
• Passion to work with and contribute to open source technologies.

Some of our perks:

• Money: Above market salary base and a bonus scheme
• Leasecarpolicy; option to choose a company car.
• Incentive Trips – Skiing, Drifting, Rented beach clubs, you name it, we’ve been there.
• Monthly Nibbles and drinks – We never skip a month to take out our developers for great beer and food
• Private Slack environment - Have a complex problem? Did you run into a bug you can't figure out? Just ask your question in our Slack environment and get the answer immediately – after all 125 minds work better than 1.
• 30+ Paid holiday and training days – We give you enough time to recharge your batteries at your favourite holiday destination.
• Covered travel expenses – Because time is money.
• Budgets: Tech, Training, Laptop and even Bike budgets.
• Pension – We have thought about your future and when you’ll be developing at home with your grandchildren

* we will provide relocation assistance and budget for candidates outside the Netherlands.