Remote Sr. Scala Engineer

Description:

• This is a full-time position for direct hire to QAD, with no visa sponsorship available.
• The employee must be currently located in the UK, and no relocation assistance is available.
• Responsibilities include developing and maintaining the QAD Redzone API Backend using Scala, ensuring a seamless and efficient user experience for manufacturing front-line teams.
• The role involves developing and enhancing manufacturing workflows in the Redzone Web applications.
• The candidate will complete delivery work committed during the sprint to achieve business goals.
• The position requires helping the business maintain a competitive edge by leveraging the latest Scala and Web technologies.
• The engineer will provide subject matter expertise during incidents to resolve customer issues quickly.
• Participation in forums to explore interests outside of sprint work and contribute ideas for continuous system improvement is expected.
• The candidate must commit to the team to help achieve the team's and the wider business's goals.
• Writing testable and maintainable code is a key responsibility.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience as a Backend Engineer is required.
• Proficiency in Scala (5+ years) and Java is mandatory.
• Candidates must have experience with API-first design using Open API Spec (OAS).
• Skills in generating Tapir endpoints and models from OAS are required.
• Knowledge of maintaining versioned API contracts is necessary.
• Experience in transforming objects with Chimney is expected.
• Candidates should be familiar with async programming using Cats Effect.
• Experience in publishing and consuming Avro formatted Kafka messages is required.
• Proficiency in relational table design with PostgreSQL is necessary.
• Candidates must have experience with transactional database access using Slick or Doobie.
• Knowledge of database migration patterns, such as expand and contract, is required.
• The ability to write observable and testable code using libraries such as Specs2 and ScalaMock is necessary.
• Candidates should be comfortable refactoring and building in large legacy code bases.
• A modularized programming mentality is expected.
• Experience with Trunk Based Development is required.
• Familiarity with Launch Darkly Feature Flagging is necessary.
• Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions is required.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud, Kubernetes (EKS), and Docker is necessary.

Benefits:

• The base pay range for this position is $110,000-115,000 GBP annually (12 months).
• Placement within the 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.