Scala Software Engineer
Stack:
Back-end Engineer
Type of Employment:
Full-time
Location:
Lisbon
Description
Join our dynamic team in the payment fraud group as a Backend Developer, where you'll contribute to building impactful FinTech products in a rapidly expanding department. In this role, you'll thrive in an Agile environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to develop and optimize scalable systems. You'll play an essential role in enhancing our ecosystem, collaborating with internal teams to deliver results that make a daily difference in our operations.
We believe in empowering developers to take full ownership of their work. As a Backend Developer, you'll be involved in all stages of the development lifecycle—from collaborating with Product and Design teams during the planning phase to selecting the most suitable technologies, designing code and architecture, reviewing pull requests, and deploying within a CI/CD setup. Post-deployment monitoring and troubleshooting will also be part of your learning journey.
If you enjoy working with complex backend systems, writing clean and maintainable code, or optimizing server performance at scale, this is the perfect opportunity to dive deep into the end-to-end development process and grow your expertise
Our Technology Stack: Scala, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, Aerospike
Requirements
Responsibilities
Nice to have
Working conditions
Hybrid (minimum 2 days in the office)
Join our dynamic team in the payment fraud group as a Backend Developer, where you'll contribute to building impactful FinTech products in a rapidly expanding department. In this role, you'll thrive in an Agile environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to develop and optimize scalable systems. You'll play an essential role in enhancing our ecosystem, collaborating with internal teams to deliver results that make a daily difference in our operations.
We believe in empowering developers to take full ownership of their work. As a Backend Developer, you'll be involved in all stages of the development lifecycle—from collaborating with Product and Design teams during the planning phase to selecting the most suitable technologies, designing code and architecture, reviewing pull requests, and deploying within a CI/CD setup. Post-deployment monitoring and troubleshooting will also be part of your learning journey.
If you enjoy working with complex backend systems, writing clean and maintainable code, or optimizing server performance at scale, this is the perfect opportunity to dive deep into the end-to-end development process and grow your expertise
Our Technology Stack: Scala, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, Aerospike
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience, specifically with typed functional programming languages (e.g., Scala, Java).
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Solid understanding of database technologies (SQL and noSQL).
- Familiarity with distributed systems and stream processing technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Spark) is a plus.
- Strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
- Eagerness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git is advantageous.
- Fluent in English, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid environment, combining remote (Zoom) and in-person collaboration.
- A proactive team player with a problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn from feedback.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable backend architectures that support applied machine learning platforms and other data-driven systems.
- Build and optimize real-time and batch processing systems using typed functional programming languages such as Scala or Java.
- Collaborate with team members to design, implement, and maintain backend components in cloud-based environments.
- Participate in daily code reviews, testing, and deployments, contributing to a reliable CI/CD pipeline.
- Work closely with senior engineers to enhance system performance and ensure code quality.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues with a focus on reliability and scalability.
Nice to have
Working conditions
Hybrid (minimum 2 days in the office)
