Software Engineer - Scala

Harrington Starr; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent sports-data company seeks an Associate Vice President in London to enhance its Scala engineering team. This role entails designing and building high-performance distributed services for real-time sports data processing. With attractive benefits, including hybrid work options and generous paid leave, this position promises significant career development opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

33 days paid leave

Private medical insurance

Learning and Development budget

Choice of hardware

Tickets to select sporting events

Regular salary reviews

Performance bonuses

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of professional experience in Scala development.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, especially AWS.
• Experience with microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed Scala services for live sports data.
• Break down legacy systems into microservices.
• Optimize data pipelines for reliability and performance.

Skills

Scala development

Functional programming

Concurrency

Data streaming

Cloud deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

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Associate Vice President @ Harrington Starr

London (Hybrid 4 days office / 1 day WFH)

The company

An independent sports‑data company that’s been leading the field for over a decade. Privately owned, highly profitable and still run with a start‑up mindset, they process real‑time data for broadcasters, bookmakers and pro clubs worldwide. Now they’re expanding their Scala engineering team to rebuild the core platform powering multiple sports (football, F1, cricket, tennis and more).

What you will get

• Clear progression path, regular salary reviews and twice‑yearly bonus.

• 33 days paid leave, private medical, L&D budget and hardware of your choice.

• Hybrid flexibility with a central London hub, plus tickets to select sporting events.

• Salary up to £85,000+ 2x bonuses + benefits.

What you will do

• Design and build distributed Scala services that ingest live sports feeds in milliseconds.

• Break a legacy monolith into event‑driven micro‑services on AWS/Kubernetes.

• Optimise data pipelines for scale and reliability (Akka Streams, Kafka).

• Collaborate with data‑science and product squads to ship new betting & broadcast features.

What you will need

• 3+ years of professional Scala development

• Solid grasp of functional programming and concurrency (Cats, ZIO or similar).

• Production experience with message queues or streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, Pulsar).

• Cloud deployment know‑how – AWS preferred (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform a plus).

• Genuine interest in live sports and turning fast data into insights.

Find out more

If you’d like a confidential chat about this opportunity, contact Con Lam at Harrington Starr – 07367 446 935 – or click the apply button below.

(Company name disclosed after initial conversation. All backgrounds encouraged to apply.)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Sports Teams and Clubs and Financial Services

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