Senior Kotlin Developer

Senior Kotlin Developer

Department: Supply Chain Engineering

Brooklyn Park, MN (100% onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Start: May 2025

Full-time 40 hours/week

Pay Range: $52 – $82/hr (W2 ONLY, NOT OPEN FOR C2C/1099)

Required Skills: Kafka, Kotlin, Micronaut, Spring Boot

About the Role:

Our enterprise retail client is seeking a Senior Kotlin Developer to join its Supply Chain Engineering team, supporting systems critical to their Sortation Center Network — the last-mile logistics hub connecting store deliveries to end customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain high-performance, cloud-native backend services in Kotlin using Micronaut

Build event-driven systems leveraging Kafka for scalable, asynchronous processing

Integrate observability features including metrics, logs, and distributed tracing

Implement and automate comprehensive testing frameworks (unit, integration, contract tests)

Drive architecture discussions and contribute to best practices and code quality standards

Must-Have Skills:

5+ years in backend software engineering in enterprise environments

Proficient in Kotlin with hands-on experience using Micronaut or Spring Boot

Deep understanding of Apache Kafka, including stream processing concepts

Knowledge of observability tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana)

Experience with test automation tools like JUnit, K6

Familiar with containerized deployments and orchestration

Prior consulting experience in large-scale enterprise systems

Agile, Git-based development workflows, and CI/CD pipelines

Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: