Senior Scala Engineer - Fintech & AWS Data Streaming

Kunai, part of the PwC Network; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kunai, a technology partner for banks and fintech ecosystems, seeks an experienced Scala Engineer to join our growing team in the United States. You will help build high‑quality, production‑grade backend services and data streaming pipelines using functional Scala across the stack.

You’ll collaborate with agile teams to deliver cloud-based solutions on AWS, write robust code, and push for continuous improvement in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on functional programming experience (Scala preferred).
• 2+ years of AWS experience, including DynamoDB.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, immutable, and distributed systems with a focus on data streaming and backend services using functional Scala.
• Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to build and deliver cloud-based solutions, leveraging AWS infrastructure and modern development practices.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code, contributing to an engineering culture that values quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Take initiative in solving complex problems and push boundaries with a hands-on, can-do attitude.

Skills

Scala

Functional programming

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

DynamoDB

ZIO framework

CI/CD

Job description

Kunai, a technology partner for banks and fintech ecosystems, seeks an experienced Scala Engineer to join our growing team in the United States. You will help build high‑quality, production‑grade backend services and data streaming pipelines using functional Scala across the stack.

You’ll collaborate with agile teams to deliver cloud-based solutions on AWS, write robust code, and push for continuous improvement in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.