Senior Kotlin engineer

About Valka.ai

Valka, a visionary spin-off from the Realms Group (the parent company of Oddin.gg), is on a mission to revolutionize the way people create and experience digital content. Our team believes that content shouldn’t just be consumed; it should be co-created in real time, blurring the lines between imagination and reality. By harnessing the power of cutting-edge AI, we aim to build an interactive human-digital platform where virtual characters respond dynamically to each user’s voice, text, gestures, and more.

This is your chance to join a diverse group of innovators who are driven to redefine what’s possible in generative content. Together, we’re changing the paradigm from passive viewing to active participation, unlocking new creative frontiers across gaming, entertainment, education, and beyond.

What you will be doing

• Design architecture of our proprietary solution for engaging video streams - think event scheduler, process manager, communication through gRPC and/or event bus
• Develop backend for our landing page, with interactive gammification features
• Work with machines in our data centre, as well as cloud platform on AWS
• Solve complex problems related to highly configurable applications, high user traffic, caching, and availability
• Be part of a collaborative, cross-domain autonomous product team delivering end-to-end functionality in a fast-paced startup environment, closely cooperating with other Kotlin developers, as well as AI specialists.
• Share knowledge and support teammates (e.g., through code reviews)

Skills you need

• 5+ years of experience with Kotlin, or 1+ year in Kotlin and the rest in Java
• Strong understanding of cloud computing and distributed systems design
• Awareness of modern technologies for content-based applications, with a pragmatic approach to choosing tools
• Familiarity with API design using GraphQL or gRPC
• Experience deploying code on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of Terraform, Docker, or Kubernetes (a plus)
• Familiarity with Agile development practices
• Interest in esports (a plus!)