Scala Engineer

eTeam Workforce Limited; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

eTeam Workforce Limited is seeking experienced Scala/Play Developers to support a major UK government digital transformation programme in Telford. The role involves designing, developing, testing and supporting Scala-based microservices within Agile teams.

You will work across the full development lifecycle, from technical design to deployment, monitoring and live-service support, contributing to architectural decisions and engineering standards in a hybrid office setup.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Scala development experience.
• Experience with Play Framework.
• Microservices development across the full development lifecycle.
• Unit and integration testing experience.
• Test-driven development (TDD) practices.
• CI/CD and DevOps practices in delivery pipelines.
• Agile delivery methods in projects.
• Experience with application design and architecture and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Scala/Play microservices against agreed requirements.
• Produce clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Contribute to technical design and architecture.
• Support deployment, monitoring and live services.
• Work collaboratively with engineering and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Identify and implement opportunities for technical improvement.
• Share knowledge and contribute to engineering standards and best practice.

Skills

Scala development

Play Framework

Microservices

Unit testing

TDD

CI/CD

DevOps

Agile delivery

Software architecture

Troubleshooting

Job description

Job Title: Scala Engineers
Clearance Required: BPSS
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with (Min 40% in office/Hybrid working.)

Job Description:

• We are seeking experienced Scala/Play Developers to support delivery of a major UK government digital transformation programme.
• The role will involve designing, developing, testing and supporting Scala-based microservices within established multidisciplinary Agile teams. Contractors will work across the full development life cycle, from technical design and implementation through to deployment, monitoring and live-service support.

Key skills:

• Strong commercial Scala development experience
• Play Framework
• Microservices development
• Unit and integration testing
• TDD
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Agile delivery
• Application design and architecture
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability

Desirable:

• Cloud infrastructure experience
• Application security
• Automated deployment and monitoring
• High-availability digital services
• Large-scale public sector transformation experience

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering Scala/Play microservices against agreed requirements
• Producing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Contributing to technical design and architecture
• Supporting deployment, monitoring and live services
• Working collaboratively with engineering and multidisciplinary delivery teams
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for technical improvement
• Sharing knowledge and contributing to engineering standards and best practice