Senior Software Engineer

Wrike • Nicosia • 1m ago

Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs

This Senior Software Engineer role sits at a common SaaS inflection point: making a mature, collaborative product feel reliable and responsive on mobile without duplicating platform logic. The focus on a Kotlin-based backend-for-frontend layer highlights a SaaS pattern where mobile experiences depend on carefully shaped APIs, performance tuning, and middleware that translates core platform capabilities into mobile-ready workflows for enterprise users.

From a SaaS career perspective, the work builds durable strengths in service design, API contracts, and data access patterns that travel well across B2B products. Close pairing with iOS and Android engineers also reflects how modern SaaS teams ship end-to-end outcomes, where backend decisions directly influence UX, latency, and release cadence. Exposure to CI/CD-integrated testing and production Kotlin adds a practical toolkit for engineers moving toward platform, product infrastructure, or mobile-adjacent backend leadership.

The role fits engineers who prefer cross-functional delivery over isolated component ownership and who enjoy iterating on existing systems as much as building new ones. It is well suited to someone comfortable balancing clean architecture with pragmatic performance work, and who values clear collaboration across engineering, QA, product, and design in a distributed setup.

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Job Description

About the Role:

Wrike is seeking a Backend Developer with Kotlin experience to join our cross-functional mobile team working on a mobile app for collaborative project management. In this role, you will focus on improving Kotlin-based backend services that support the mobile experience, contributing to core platform logic, and helping deliver a seamless and productive experience for enterprise customers on the go.

Your Impact:

Develop and enhance Kotlin-based backend services that power Wrike’s mobile application
Contribute to the core platform, including APIs, business logic, and performance optimizations tailored for mobile use cases
Collaborate closely with iOS, Android, QA, product, and design teammates to deliver high-quality features
Participate in code reviews and peer reviews to maintain engineering quality and consistency
Help evolve the mobile backend service and propose innovative technical solutions using Kotlin
Support the delivery of a reliable, scalable, and user-friendly mobile experience for Wrike customers

Your Qualifications:

4–6 years of software development experience using Java, Spring, MyBatis, PostgreSQL, and Maven
Production experience building backend systems and services
Good understanding of backend architecture, SOLID principles, and REST APIs
Strong knowledge of SQL and API design
Ability to keep solutions simple, scalable, and maintainable
Strong communication skills in English
Commitment to continuous learning and improvement
At least 1 year of production experience with Kotlin is preferred

Standout Qualities:

Experience working closely with mobile engineering teams
Experience working in global or distributed teams
Background in SaaS products or enterprise software
Proactive approach to technical decision-making and implementation
Ability to identify weaknesses in current solutions and suggest meaningful improvements
Strong collaborative mindset and willingness to partner across teams to achieve shared goals
Positive attitude that contributes to a fun, productive, and supportive team environment

Team Dynamics:

You will join a cross-functional mobile team made up of iOS, Android, and backend engineers, QA specialists, a product manager, and a designer, with additional support from UX researchers and content writers. The team is distributed across multiple locations, with Prague and India serving as primary hubs. You will work closely with teammates across disciplines to build and improve mobile capabilities that help Wrike users stay productive wherever they are.

Our Work Style:

Our mobile organization values close cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and a strong focus on user experience. The team primarily uses Kotlin for Android and Swift for iOS, and we are actively leveraging Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform, with several features already running successfully in production. The backend service for mobile (BFF) is built in Kotlin and acts as a middleware layer between Wrike’s core backend and the mobile application. We also place a strong emphasis on quality through extensive UI testing integrated into our CI/CD pipeline. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of backend and mobile development in a modern, evolving technical environment.