Scala Engineer

Join a large-scale, data-driven platform team focused on capturing and analysing customer interaction data. You'll work within an Insights & Reputation function, building services that improve data quality, detect fraud, and enable smarter decision-making at scale.

This is a hands-on full stack engineering role within a multidisciplinary Agile team, delivering scalable data products with real-world impact.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and building scalable, secure software across frontend and backend systems
• Developing APIs, data pipelines, and services for high-volume transaction data
• Collaborating with product, data, and design teams to shape solutions
• Supporting live services, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimisation
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
• Writing clean, testable, maintainable code
• Participating in code reviews, pairing, and team delivery

Tech Stack & Environment

• Backend: Scala, Java (Python desirable)
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Frameworks: Play, Spark
• Data: Postgres, MongoDB, Hudi
• Cloud: AWS (S3, ECS, Aurora, Lambda)
• DevOps: Jenkins, Airflow, Terraform
• Monitoring: Kibana, Grafana
• Ways of working: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), CI/CD, 'you build it, you run it'

• Strong experience as a Scala / Software Engineer
• Solid backend development skills (Scala/Java)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with AWS and modern DevOps practices
• Experience working in Agile, multidisciplinary teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Clear communicator and collaborative team player

Desirable

• Python, Docker, Airflow
• Big data tools (e.g. Spark, EMR)
• Experience with data platforms or risk/fraud systems

How You'll Work

• Deliver value iteratively and early
• Collaborate closely across disciplines
• Write simple, maintainable code
• Take ownership of services end-to-end
• Continuously improve systems and team practices