Scala Tech Lead

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Tech Lead (Scala) 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.

• 3+ years of experience tech lead/staff engineering role. 

• 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, and 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 our welcoming office.

• Bonuses for article writing, public talks, and other activities.

• Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days.

• Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development.

• Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.

• Regular corporate online activities.