Remote Backend Jobs

As a Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java) at CIMAR, you will:

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver subsystems and product features aligned with strategic objectives.
• Take ownership of defined subsystems or feature areas, contributing across the full development lifecycle from concept and build through testing and deployment.
• Ensure solutions adhere to established engineering standards, best practices, and quality guidelines.
• Participate in code reviews and quality assurance activities to maintain code quality, reliability, and consistency.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing to support long-term maintainability and onboarding.
• Build and support backend services in Kotlin to support a web UI and a set of remote gateways.
• Design APIs and data flows with an emphasis on reliability, security, and clarity.
• Contribute to pragmatic architectural decisions and help shape backend patterns and standards.
• Work with healthcare standards and integrations, including DICOM and HL7.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation to support maintainability and onboarding.

Skills Required

• Strong backend development experience with Kotlin, or Java with demonstrated depth and willingness to work primarily in Kotlin.
• Experience with backend frameworks such as Spring Boot and/or Ktor.
• API-first development experience (REST and/or GraphQL).
• Understanding or exposure to DICOM and HL7 would be advantageous.
• Previous experience in an environment leveraging technologies such as AWS, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes would be advantageous.
• Comfortable working in regulated, compliance-heavy, potentially consequential domains.
• Experience working to complex specifications.
• Self-directed learner; comfortable ramping up quickly with minimal formal training.
• Genuine interest and passion for the work.

Minimum Qualifications, Education and Experience

• A bachelor s degree in an IT field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, though we are open to candidates with less experience who demonstrate strong capability / growth potential.
• We tend to value practical experience and demonstrated impact over strict tenure or educational requirements.