Backend Engineer

Who are we

Kounsel is not only a tech startup, we are a team of passionate professionals striving to change the world of counseling. We do this by constantly developing and upgrading the existing product. We are ensuring to consistently exceed customer expectations by listening and always moving forward. Most importantly, we are in love with innovation so we use the best and most innovative tech tools to provide the best services to our clients. We are a small, highly diverse, close-knit team of always improving tech and non-tech professionals who collaborate and push each other to make the best results as a team, as well as individuals. Finally, we value honesty, hard work, new ideas, creativity, and mutual respect, which is exactly how our team works.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and Maintain backend services using Java and Kotlin
• Maintain databases (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra (AWS Keyspaces))
• Work with engineering team members to explore and create interesting solutions while sharing knowledge amongst the team.
• Collaboration with other engineers to write testable, reliable code, continuously deploying to production systems.
• Collaboration with product managers, and other engineers to deliver new features, enhancements, platform improvements, and bug fixes.
• Recommend alternative approaches to solving complex problems and use new technology to achieve goals.

Technical Requirements

• 5+ years experience with REST API development in Java, Kotlin, Jersey or Spring
• Degree in Computer Science.
• Experience with AWS and GCP services.
• Experience with the Docker platform.
• Expertise in software development domain and principles

• High-Speed Internet and the ability to join Technical video meetings during business hours.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work as part of multi-functional teams.
• Ability to collaborate and be a team player.
• Availability to work during U.S. Business hours (EST/CST/PST)