Senior Scala Engineer

Role- Senior Engineer (Scala)

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Contract- Permanent contract

My client are looking for a Senior / Staff-Level Scala Engineer to join a high-impact team working on a mission-critical product at the core of the business. This is not a peripheral project the systems you design and build will directly power key customer experiences and strategic initiatives.

You’ll play a central role in shaping architecture, driving engineering standards, and delivering highly scalable, resilient backend systems. This is an opportunity to operate with real ownership, influence technical direction, and contribute at a system-design level while remaining hands-on.

If you enjoy solving complex distributed systems challenges, influencing engineering best practices, and collaborating with strong cross-functional teams this role is for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and building scalable, high-performance backend services using Scala

• Contributing at a senior/staff engineering level with architectural ownership

• Leading system design discussions and driving best practices across teams

• Working on distributed systems and event-driven architectures

• Collaborating closely with product, engineering, and leadership stakeholders

• Mentoring engineers and elevating overall code quality and technical standards

• Contributing to critical decisions that shape long-term platform strategyRequirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building production systems with Scala

• Experience operating at a Senior or Staff Engineer level with architectural responsibility

• Strong system design experience

• Solid understanding of backend architecture patterns and best practices

• Experience building and maintaining event-driven or reactive systems

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly

• Experience working on business-critical products or high-availability systems