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# Scala Engineer

- **Company:** Talent International
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £38,000.0 - £68,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Model View Controller (MVC), Reliability Engineering, Standard Sql, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Grafana, Api Design, Kibana, Restful APIs, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5896695209

## About the Role

* We require active SC-level security clearance.
 * We require experience with API design.
 * We require data analysis experience.
 * We require database experience.
 * We require experience with the AWS suite.
 * We require awareness of Site Reliability Engineering and support.
 * We require experience restoring services to a good state during outage situations.
 * We require an understanding of the importance of testing and automation.
 * We require experience working in a lean, agile environment.
 * We require experience working in a you build it, you run it team.
 * We require experience coding in a continuous integration context.
 * We require skills and experience with Scala.
 * We require experience with Play or other MVC/REST API frameworks.
 * We require experience with SQL.
 * We require experience with AWS Suite.
 * We require experience with Continuous Integration.
 * We require experience with Agile methodologies.
 * We consider containerisation principles, Docker, Jenkins, Kibana, Grafana, and Airflow desirable.

## Description

* We will define and shape how we deliver APIs to digital services.
 * We will provide attribute insights for fraud detection and prevention across the department.
 * We will work on a front-end digital service.
 * We will consolidate services to provide a consistent and easy-to-use experience for users.
 * We will consider and deliver high-volume, high-availability, and low-latency services.
 * We will improve our existing services.
 * We will reduce maintenance efforts through incremental re-architecting.
 * We will reduce the number of technologies required to support the pipeline.
 * We will use managed services where appropriate.
 * We will design and develop clean, functioning, testable back-end code.
 * We will write effective APIs.
 * We will develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications with security and data protection settings.
 * We will collaborate with the product owner, business analyst, data engineers, and wider teams to ideate software solutions.

Technologies:

 * Airflow
 * API
 * AWS
 * Docker
 * Grafana
 * Support
 * Jenkins
 * Kibana
 * MVC
 * Product Owner
 * REST
 * SQL
 * Scala
 * Security
 * Cloud, We are supporting our Central Government client on a hybrid London engagement, with two days per week onsite. This is an inside IR35 opportunity at £600 per day. Our team is looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to help shape a front-end digital service and improve the delivery of APIs for digital services, with a focus on fraud detection and prevention. We work in a lean, agile, collaborative environment and value testing, automation, and practical engineering that reduces operational complexity.


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