Scala Developer

Job Description

Senior Scala Developer – up to £100,000

(London - 2 days per month on-site)

My client is one of Europe’s leading entertaining brands and is now looking for an experienced Senior Scala Developer to join their already successful team in London. A truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

You will be responsible for:

• Deliver production-ready, tested software in small increments
• Take a proactive role on production issues and release management
• Support and maintain the live product (including first-line support) along with the development team
• Collaborate with technical analysts and testers in the creation of backlog items, providing information such as cost estimates and technical risk
• Take an active role in story definition, working closely with testers and business stakeholders to identify and ensure acceptance criteria are satisfied
• Participate and lead when appropriate in daily stand-up meetings, reviews and retrospectives, contributing to the team’s technical direction and the improvement of its tools and processes

What skills are they looking for?

• Solid commercial experience as a Scala dev
• Strong TDD/BDD and unit testing skills
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Passion for Agile software delivery and pair programming best practices
• Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery practices
• Background in software development for high traffic, high availability of large scale backend systems, as well as in monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

If you are a talented Scala Developer that is seeking a new challenge get in touch to discuss this excellent opportunity asap! My email is joe.yakiah@signify-tech.com or, apply and I will be in touch.