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Backend Developer (Scala)
Scala

Backend Developer (Scala)

Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Mid
Employment Type
Permanent, B2B
Operating mode
Remote

Tech stack

    Scala

    junior

    Google Cloud

    junior

Job description

Online interview
Friendly offer
As a Backend Engineer within our Product Development department, you will be joining one of our domain teams , which are:
- Casino - delivering slots, live and virtual games integrations within our Platform and extending casino capabilities
- Players - responsible for building the central components for handling customer accounts (including onboarding and KYC), rewards & bonuses and payments
- Sportsbook - providing fast and reliable sport content data flow and management on our Platform and betting experience
- Data feeds - responsible for sport and video content delivery from 3rd party, data management and sharing

You will work on designing, building, serving and monitoring cloud-based microservice architectures and be a part of a high-performing cross-functional team and a community of Backend Engineers.
 
You will work with a leading-edge technology stack comprised of Scala, Rust, Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, Couchbase, Postgres and Docker amongst others.

What you will be doing?
 
  • Own the whole development cycle - from architecture design to implementation and testing and maintenance of our products
    Collaborate closely with Product and Service Delivery Teams and other colleagues in an agile environment
  • Join a team where Continuous Integration, Code Quality, Code Reviews, Test Coverage, are kept at very high standards, therefore you should also be positive and firm in your attitude towards them
  • Deliver fully functional features and products built with Domain-Driven mindset that are well tested and based on user requirements.

Qualifications

  • Minimum two years of experience with Scala programming language
  • Some experience with relational and non-relational databases (Postgres, Couchbase, Redis, Cassandra/Scylla)
  • Some experience with Enterprise Message Buses like Kafka or RabbitMQ
  • Experience with creating HTTP APIs and HTTP stack
  • Experience with asynchronous programming using Futures/IO/Task/ZIO
  • Knowledge of Typelevel stack
  • Good communication skills


Preferred skills:

  • Growth mindset and willingness to learn
  • Proactive approach, can-do attitude
  • Problem-solving skills, Ability to dig into code
  • You built it, you run it approach, taking ownership of services and applications at scale
  • Contract first approach for APIs and integrations
  • Team player, leadership skills will be an asset
  • Excellent communication skills with fluent English so you can communicate with our clients freely


Nice to have:

  • Experience with k8s
  • Experience with Cats
  • Experience with Pure Functional Programming
  • Experience with http4s/doobie/fs2/fs2-kafka/circe
  • Knowledge of Tagless Final pattern


Additional information

We offer:

  • Health Care and Multisport
  • Training budget
  • Playroom
  • Place for your bike 
  • Office in a convenient place - Rynek Główny
  • Company library
  • Startup atmosphere 
  • Employee referral program

Company Description

Playbook Engineering offers a global betting platform that provides a service to established operators and new entrants who are looking to disrupt the industry. We have offices in London and Krakow and are a young and fast-growing company.