Job Description Senior Backend Engineer Kotlin, Terraform, IaC, AKS Role: Sr.

Backend Engineer Location: Toronto- Hybrid: 3 days a week onsite (Tuesday-Thursday) Primary Skill Set Infrastructure as Code (IaC) / Infra

Ops Terraform Kotlin Job Description We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with robust expertise in Kotlin-based backend development and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure automation and Infrastructure Operations (Infra

Ops).

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building scalable backend services while enabling highly automated, cloud-native platforms through Infrastructure as Code practices.

Technical Skills Strong Experience with Infrastructure Operations (Infra

Ops) tools and practices, such as: Terraform Cloud/Enterprise Azure Dev

Ops Git

Hub Actions Jenkins Ansible Kubernetes Helm ArgoCD or similar Git

Ops tools Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including provisioning and managing cloud resources.

Good to have proficiency in Kotlin, with additional experience in Java (Spring Boot, Spring Security) and Java

Script/Node.js. 7 to 8+ years of backend software engineering experience designing and developing scalable, resilient, and secure applications.

Strong experience building and maintaining REST APIs, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, and integration services.

Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized application deployment.





Strong understanding of cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.

Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies.

Hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, BDD, and automated testing frameworks.

Familiarity with observability and operational tooling such as logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.

Development Practices Strong understanding of Agile, Dev

Ops, Git

Ops, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.

Ability to collaborate across development, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams.

Experience driving engineering best practices, code quality standards, and platform automation initiatives.

Additional Skills Experience designing secure, scalable cloud-native architectures.

Exposure to open-source technologies and cloud-native ecosystems.

Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and create proof-of-concepts to improve engineering productivity and platform reliability.

Strong communication and mentoring skills, with experience supporting and guiding junior engineers.

Preferred Qualifications Experience with Azure networking, security, and cloud governance.

Knowledge of container security, secrets management, and infrastructure compliance practices.

Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, or cloud-related certifications are considered an asset.

📌 Senior Backend Engineer – Kotlin, Terraform, IaC, AKS (Toronto)
🏢 Astra North Infoteck
📍 Toronto