Scala Developer - Remote Work (Inside of IR35)

Overview

We're looking for an experienced Scala Developer to join a large-scale digital transformation project within a high-performing Agile environment.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in Scala, functional programming, and microservice architecture, ideally within a cloud-native ecosystem. You'll work alongside talented engineers, architects, and data specialists to design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performing Back End services and APIs.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys working with modern technologies and solving complex problems at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Back End microservices using Scala.

• Implement functional programming principles to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.

• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and event-driven components.

• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to deploy services to the cloud (AWS/Azure).

• Write unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure high code quality.

• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and Agile ceremonies.

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and contribute to technical design.

• Support continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and promoting best practices.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Scala Developer in production environments.

• Strong understanding of functional programming and Scala frameworks (Play, Akka, or Cats).

• Experience developing microservices and distributed systems.

• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and HTTP integration.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps).

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.

• Experience with containerisation tools - Docker and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (eg, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB).