SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER (SCALA)

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior Back End Scala Engineer for a full-time on-site position (40 hours per week) in Ukraine. Our client is a finance company and an alternative lending platform focused on providing capital access to small and medium-sized businesses.

You'll contribute to a microservices-based fintech origination platform. The role involves building and extending backend services across a multi-step deal ingestion pipeline, with integrations into third-party data providers and a financial management system.

Requirements

7+ years of commercial experience in backend development with Scala and/or Java.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, including parallelization and performance optimization.
Experience with RabbitMQ; familiarity with other message brokers, such as Kafka, is also valued.
Knowledge of PostgreSQL or comparable relational databases.
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
Strong commercial experience with AWS.
Experience working in an Agile environment.

Nice To Have

Knowledge of Heroku.
Experience with Python.
Background in fintech or financial services is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, reliable backend services in Scala, aligned with existing architecture and coding standards.
Develop low-latency applications handling high-throughput data streams, using actor systems or effect-based libraries (e.g., Cats Effect, ZIO).
Build and maintain RabbitMQ-based messaging integrations between microservices, as well as third-party API integrations (data verification providers, OCR services, NetSuite).
Design and implement RESTful APIs to serve internal platform needs and support external partner integrations.
Maintain high code quality through unit and integration testing, peer code reviews, and performance profiling.
Participate in deployment pipelines and manage workloads on Heroku and AWS environments.
Follow client security and data-handling guidelines to support SOC 2 Type 2 compliance requirements.

WE OFFER

US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
Regular performance appraisals to support your growth.
Flexibility in workspace, either remote or in one of our development offices.
Comprehensive medical insurance, including dental and massages.
Personalized learning program tailored to your interests and skill development.
Sport reimbursement program for onsite and online activities.
Bonuses for recommendations of new employees.
Bonuses for article writing, public talks, and other activities.
20 vacation days, 10 national holidays and 5 sick leaves.
Maternity leave policy and family days off.
Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.
Welcome and anniversary presents, gifts for children, and more.
Regular corporate events and meetups.
Awesome team, friendly and supportive community!

SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER (SCALA)

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