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Senior Java/Kotlin Backend Engineer | Spring Boot, Kotlin| 17+ Years Experience
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Worldwide
Specialist in Quality Engineer, Universidad Tecnologica Nacional (2010-2011)Java (Programming Language)Spring Boot
I build backend systems that hold up under real banking-grade load, and I have spent the last sixteen years doing
exactly that across Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.
At ING España & Portugal, I designed a reactive customer information microservice from scratch using Java, WebFlux,
and VAVR for a multi-country platform, and helped ship GDPR data anonymisation into production. I also built a
mutation testing programme that reduced integration testing overhead, and a parallelisation strategy that cut test
suite execution time by fifty percent, both now standard practice on the team.
At Allianz Direct, I led five engineers across five microservices as Tech Lead, delivered six rounds of major features on
schedule, and coordinated test strategy across the wider engineering organisation.
More recently at Southern Code, I have led engineering delivery end to end, from an Azure Pipelines and release
model redesign through Kubernetes and Istio reliability improvements.
I am an Oracle Certified Associate, and I increasingly work with AI-assisted engineering tools including coding agents,
MCP, and automated code review to speed up delivery without cutting corners.
I hold a UAE dependent visa, I am available immediately, and I am targeting senior backend roles in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, or remote with UAE-based teams. If you are hiring for Java, Kotlin, or Spring Boot backend roles, I would welcome a conversation.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
EnglishFluentRussianBasic knowledgeSpanishNative speaker
Project history
Led engineering delivery for a distributed product team, directing an Azure Pipelines redesign and new release model that improved delivery predictability across multiple squads. Strengthened platform resilience through Kubernetes, Istio, logging, and alerting improvements, and mentored engineering and QA on coding standards and production readiness.
Led a team of five engineers across five microservices, driving architectural decisions on scalability and performance. Delivered six rounds of major features on schedule, increased unit test coverage through mutation testing, and coordinated test strategy as Lead of the organisations Test Guild.
Joined as an HCL Infosystems contractor and converted to a direct ING employee within the same banking environment. Designed and deployed a reactive customer information microservice using Java, WebFlux, and VAVR, delivered GDPR data anonymisation to production, and reduced test suite execution time by fifty percent through a parallelisation strategy adopted across the team.