Kotlin Desktop Engineer with MacOS (Senior)

We are #VLteam – tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth. The team is our foundation, that’s why we care the most about the friendly atmosphere, a lot of self-development opportunities and good working conditions. Trust and autonomy are two essential qualities that drive our performance. We simply believe in the idea of ​​“measuring outcomes, not hours”. Join us & see for yourself!

About the role

We’re looking for an engineer to join a team working on a widely used desktop application for developers, built with Kotlin and Kotlin Compose. You’ll ship a polished, multi-platform experience - with a strong focus on macOS - so experience with desktop environments is essential. You’ll also need to handle multithreading, work with security enclaves in operating systems (e.g., macOS Secure Enclave/Keychain), and integrate seamlessly with web services.We'd love to hear from you if you’re excited about creating top-notch developer tools! We are looking for a passionate, self-driven developer who is open to working on a web application that manages developer tooling. The client is the leader within developer tooling space with excellent engineering culture.

Project

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📝 Project scope

The project builds a multi-platform desktop application that helps large organizations manage developer tools such as IDEs and plugins. It focuses on delivering a seamless user experience, enabling version control and configuration management at scale.

🛠 Tech stack

Kotlin, Spring, React, Redux, PostgreSQL, S3, TeamCity (for CI), Space (for code reviews)

🤝 Your future team

The team consists of 4 engineers on our side and over 5 on the client side, collaborating closely through code reviews. They bring strong experience in developer tooling and maintain high engineering standards across a distributed setup.

What we expect in general

• A big plus on this role: hands-on macOS desktop experience - codesigning/notarization, AppKit/Swift/Objective-C interop, and performance tuning on Apple silicon

• Strong Kotlin and Java 17+ skills, willingness to learn new technologies

• Understanding of asynchronous systems, Kotlin Coroutines knowledge is a plus

• Understanding the specifics of creating desktop application

• Motivation to contribute to technical improvements across teams, collaborate with architects, and start bottom-up initiatives to improve the whole data platform

• Fluency in English, with good communication skills and a proactive problem-solving attitude

• Self-motivation, ability to manage tasks independently