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# Scala Data Engineer - Contract - SC Clearance - London

- **Company:** CBS Butler Limited
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £137,800.0 - £150,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Integrity, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Model View Controller (MVC), Play Framework, SQL Databases, Grafana, Backend, SC Clearance, Containerization, Low Latency, Api Design, Kibana, Restful APIs, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://itjobpro.co.uk/job/scala-data-engineer-contract-sc-clearance-london

## About the Role

* Scala
 * Play Framework or MVC/REST API frameworks
 * SQL / Databases
 * AWS
 * Continuous Integration
 * Agile methodologies
 * API design and development
 * Testing and automation
 * Production support / SRE awareness
 * SC Security Clearance

It would be an added advantage if you had any of the following: Jenkins / Kibana / Airflow / Docker / Containerisation / Grafana.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scala Data Engineer with active SC Clearance to join a team developing secure, high-volume and highly available backend services and APIs supporting fraud detection and data integrity.

Responsibilities:

 * Design and develop scalable, secure and low-latency backend services.
 * Develop clean, testable Scala code and REST APIs.
 * Work with databases and AWS services.
 * Improve and modernise existing applications and services.
 * Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and data engineers.
 * Support production services and contribute to incident resolution.
 * Work within an Agile & Continuous Integration.


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