Senior Server (Scala) Engineer

QAD Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Job summary

QAD Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Backend Engineer to develop and maintain the QAD Redzone API Backend in Scala for frontline manufacturing crews. You will also support the MCP server for AI integrations and enhance OpenSearch usage, delivering sprint commitments with high-quality code.

The role requires deep Scala and Java experience, plus modern CI/CD, AWS, and Docker skills to help drive efficiency and innovation across the platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
• Proficiency in Scala (5+ years) and Java.
• Experience with API endpoints generation and versioned contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the QAD Redzone API Backend (Scala) for frontline manufacturing users.
• Build and sustain the MCP server to support AI integrations and internal tooling.
• Improve OpenSearch usage within the backend application.
• Deliver work committed during sprints to meet business goals.
• Leverage latest Scala and Web technologies to maintain competitive edge.
• Participate in forums and drive continuous system improvements.
• Write testable, maintainable code and refactor responsibly.

Skills

Scala

Java

Async programming

Refactoring

Modular programming

Tools

Tapir

Chimney

Cats Effect

PostgreSQL

Slick

Doobie

Specs2

ScalaMock

LaunchDarkly

GitHub Actions

Docker

AWS

Job description

Redzone helps manufacturers make more stuff for less while greatly improving the employee experience. While there is a lot of hype around digital transformation, the factory of the future, and Industry 4.0, the focus has been on the equipment and technology – not the people. At Redzone, we are all about the people, what we call “the connected worker.” We make frontline teams more engaged and more productive so their lives improve while contributing to positive business outcomes. We do this by combining exceptional software and world class coaching, giving our customers an average productivity increase of 22% in 90 days. Redzone brings together Production, Maintenance and Quality teams, improving the communications between those teams to resolve issues and increase output. Decision-making happens on the shop floor by the people doing the work, in real time, for immediate impact and a better overall employee experience.

With over 1000 customers, 2,000 plants, and 500,000 users, Redzone is changing the way people work – one plant at a time.

This is a full‑time position for direct hire to QAD-no visa sponsorship available. Employee must be currently located in the UK, no relocation assistance available.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• To develop and maintain the QAD Redzone API Backend (Scala), ensuring a seamless and efficient user experience for manufacturing front‑line teams.
• Develop and maintain the MCP server to support AI integrations, enhancing our internal tooling capabilities.
• Improve the use of OpenSearch within the backend application
• Complete delivery work committed during the sprint to achieve business goals.
• Help the business maintain a competitive edge by leveraging the latest Scala and Web technologies.
• Participate in forums to explore interests outside of the sprint work and contribute ideas to continuously improve the system.
• Commit to the team to help the team and the wider business achieve our goals.
• Write testable and maintainable code.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience as a Backend Engineer
• Required languages: Scala (5+ years) and Java
• Generating Tapir endpoints and models from OAS
• Knowledgeable of maintaining versioned API contracts
• Transforming objects with Chimney
• Async programming with Cats Effect
• Publishing and consuming Avro formatted Kafka messages
• Relational table design with PostgreSQL
• Transactional database access with Slick or Doobie
• Knowledgeable of database migration patterns, such as, expand and contract
• Writing observable and testable code using libraries such as Specs2 and ScalaMock
• Comfortable refactoring and building in large legacy code bases
• Modularized programming mentality
• Trunk Based Development
• Launch Darkly Feature Flagging
• CI/CD GitHub Actions
• AWS Cloud
• Docker

Additional Information

Compensation Package:

• Base pay range: $110,000-115,000 GBP Annual (12 Months)
• Placement within our pay range will vary based on knowledge, skills, experience, and market location variations as well as internal peer equity.
• This position is also eligible for an annual company performance bonus.

About QAD and QAD Redzone:

QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud‑based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever‑increasing disruption caused by technology‑driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises.

QAD Redzone helps to enable QAD’s vision for the Adaptive Enterprise. Labor productivity improvements directly impact efficiency. Productive and empowered employees increase the effective capacity of your plant and accelerate time to productivity for new employees giving manufacturers the agility to increase production beyond what was previously possible without having to invest in production equipment or new plants, and reduce the amount and impact of employee attrition. Empowered employees with a growth mindset take extreme ownership of challenges that impact their production goals, creating resilience in the face of disruption.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.