Scala Backend Engineer — Cloud APIs & High-Impact Systems

LA International; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 70 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

LA International is seeking a skilled backend engineer to help define and deliver the future vision for attribute reputation services. The role focuses on designing high-volume, low-latency backend systems and secure APIs using Scala and modern engineering practices.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, Data Engineers and wider technical teams to deliver effective software solutions, improve maintainability and reduce technical complexity.

Qualificações

• Active SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance.
• Strong API design and development experience.
• Experience 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conhecimentos

Scala

Play Framework or similar MVC/REST API

SQL

AWS

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Descrição da oferta de emprego

LA International is seeking a skilled backend engineer to help define and deliver the future vision for attribute reputation services. The role focuses on designing high-volume, low-latency backend systems and secure APIs using Scala and modern engineering practices.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, Data Engineers and wider technical teams to deliver effective software solutions, improve maintainability and reduce technical complexity.