Senior Scala Engineer (W2 contract)

Maxonic Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxonic is seeking a Senior Scala Engineer for a contract role in Sunnyvale, CA. Hybrid work arrangement. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and data-processing systems using Scala.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering, strong functional programming, JVM experience, and expertise with Kafka, REST APIs, and cloud platforms. Collaboration across teams and best-practice adherence are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a software engineer with Scala.
• Strong functional programming concepts and JVM experience.
• Proficiency with REST APIs, Kafka, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Scala applications.
• Build scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed apps.
• Work with databases, messaging systems, and cloud platforms.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in reviews.
• Troubleshoot performance and reliability issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, DevOps, data teams.

Skills

Scala

Functional programming

REST APIs

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Java JVM

SQL

NoSQL

AWS/Azure/GCP

Tools

Akka

Cats

ZIO

Play Framework

Git

Job description

Maxonic maintains a close and long-term relationship with our direct client. In support of their needs, we are looking for:

Job Title: Senior Scala Engineer

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Work Schedule: HYBRID

We are looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable software applications and data-processing systems. The ideal candidate has strong programming fundamentals and experience building backend services, APIs, and distributed systems using Scala.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using Scala.


• Build scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed applications.


• Work with databases, messaging systems, and cloud platforms.


• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.


• Troubleshoot performance, reliability, and production issues.


• Collaborate with software engineers, architects, DevOps, data engineers, and product teams.


• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design decisions.


• Develop automated unit, integration, and performance tests.


• Monitor and improve application performance and reliability.


• Follow software engineering best practices for security, CI/CD, and version control.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years as a software engineer in Scala


• Strong functional programming concepts.


• Experience with JVM technologies and Java.


• Strong in REST APIs and microservices


• Strong in Kafka


• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.


• Experience with SQL and relational or NoSQL databases


• Familiarity with Akka, Cats, ZIO, Play Framework, or similar Scala technologies.


• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD tools.


• Experience with distributed systems and cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.


• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

About Maxonic:

Since 2002 Maxonic has been at the forefront of connecting candidate strengths to client challenges. Our award winning, dedicated team of recruiting professionals are specialized by technology, are great listeners, and will seek to find a position that meets the long-term career needs of our candidates. We take pride in the over 10,000 candidates that we have placed, and the repeat business that we earn from our satisfied clients.