Senior Scala Developer

Position Summary

Senior Backend Engineer

Experience Required:

Job Type:

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of robust backend services using Scala and modern frameworks.
• Develop and maintain event-driven, microservice-based distributed systems.
• Ensure systems are well-tested with strong unit and integration test coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software.
• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and debugging workflows.
• Advocate for clean code, technical excellence, and engineering best practices.
• Take initiative in identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks and production issues.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Proven expertise in

  Scala (2.13+)

  ,

  Play Framework

  , and

  Akka Actors

  .
• Experience designing

  RESTful APIs

  , working with

  GraphQL

  , and building

  event-driven microservices

  .
• Solid testing skills including

  unit testing

  ,

  integration testing

  , and use of

  mocking frameworks

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  PostgreSQL

  and

  MySQL

  .
• Proficient with

  AWS

  services:

  S3

  ,

  RDS Aurora

  ,

  Kinesis

  ,

  Athena

  ,

  CloudWatch

  .
• Strong focus on

  monitoring

  ,

  debugging

  , and

  observability

  using tools like

  Datadog

  ,

  Rollbar

  , and

  Sumo Logic

  .
• Familiarity with incident response processes and postmortem culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading projects or mentoring team members.
• Background in debugging complex, distributed systems in production.
• Enthusiastic about continuous learning and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.