Remote Scala Backend Engineer | Play API & Scalable Systems

Stealth iT Consulting; Wollaton; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth iT Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Scala Developer to join the engineering team and contribute to scalable, high‑performance applications.

You will design and build backend services and APIs with Scala and Play Framework, implement REST endpoints, and work within an Agile environment to deliver enterprise‑grade software. Remote-friendly role with focus on reliability and test automation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Scala development experience.
• Hands-on Play Framework experience building controllers and HTTP filters.
• Solid FP understanding and experience with Scala libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Scala and Play Framework.
• Implement RESTful endpoints, manage authentication/authorization flows.
• Write well-structured, idiomatic Scala and use functional programming patterns where appropriate.
• Build and maintain automated tests (unit, integration), and support test automation efforts.
• Collaborate with product owners, UX, QA, and other engineers in an Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban).
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions and pair programming.

Skills

Scala

Play Framework

Functional programming

REST APIs

CI/CD

Git

Tools

sbt

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Jenkins

Job description

Stealth iT Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Scala Developer to join the engineering team and contribute to scalable, high‑performance applications.

You will design and build backend services and APIs with Scala and Play Framework, implement REST endpoints, and work within an Agile environment to deliver enterprise‑grade software. Remote-friendly role with focus on reliability and test automation.