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# Scala Engineer

- **Company:** LA International
- **Location:** Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £156,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Software Quality, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Model View Controller (MVC), Play Framework, Reliability Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, SC Clearance, Restful APIs
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.securityclearedjobs.com/job/802083595/scala-engineer/

## About the Role

Proactive and self-motivated.
User-focused and outcome-driven.
Strong collaborator who values teamwork over rigid processes.
Evidence-based decision maker.
Supportive of iterative and lean delivery practices.
Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
Passionate about quality, continuous improvement and doing the right thing.
Comfortable sharing knowledge through pairing, demos and documentation.
Creative, positive and solution-oriented mindset.
Ways of Working
Deliver value early and incrementally.
Break down complex challenges into manageable solutions.
Encourage collaboration, communication and continuous learning.
Focus on writing simple, maintainable code.
Promote continuous improvement across people, processes and technology.
Work effectively within cross-functional teams.
Required Knowledge & Experience
Active SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance.
Strong API design and development experience.
Experience working with databases and SQL.
Hands-on AWS cloud experience.
Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
Experience supporting and restoring production services during incidents.
Strong appreciation of testing, automation and software quality practices.
Experience working within Agile environments.
Experience with Continuous Integration and CI/CD practices.
Experience working within teams that own and support their services in production.
Essential Skills
Scala
Play Framework or similar MVC/REST API frameworks
SQL
AWS
Continuous Integration / CI/CD
Agile methodologies

## Description

Help define and deliver the future vision for attribute reputation services, driving simplification and consolidation where appropriate.
Design and develop high-volume, high-availability, low-latency backend services.
Enhance and optimise existing applications and services.
Support incremental re-architecting initiatives to reduce technical complexity and improve maintainability.
Develop clean, testable and maintainable code using Scala and modern engineering practices.
Design, build and maintain secure APIs, databases and applications.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Data Engineers and wider technical teams to deliver effective software solutions.
Contribute to service support and operational excellence within a "build it, run it" environment.
Desired Behaviours


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