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# Scala Akka Java Backend engineer

- **Company:** Formac Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $166,400.0 - $208,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Akka (Toolkit), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, Amazon DynamoDB, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, Model View Controller (MVC), NoSQL, Scrum Methodology, Software Maintenance, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Spring-boot, Cloudformation, AWS Fargate, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ed490cd17edeb458

## About the Role

* 5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+
 * 2+ years of Scala programming experience
 * 2+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence
 * Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs
 * Experience with design and implementation of high-availability and reliable solutions
 * Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
 * Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
 * Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
 * Deploying and maintaining software using AWS. Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, etc
 * Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB

Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum), * High school or equivalent (Preferred), * Scala: 2 years (Required)

 * Akka: 3 years (Required)
 * Microservices: 5 years (Required)



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