Staff Backend Engineer (Scala)

The role

You will design and implement large-scale backend software systems and create partner-facing and internal data-driven APIs. You will drive technical design, define an internal software platform, and guide architectural strategy through design reviews and mentorship.

What you will do

• Design and implement large-scale backend software systems
• Create new partner-facing and internal data-driven APIs
• Review code with an emphasis on readability and maintainability
• Write API and technical documentation for services and new architecture
• Optimize database schemas to support scalable, high-performance backend services
• Contribute to the RFC process by writing technical proposals and providing feedback
• Mentor and guide technical growth of engineering talent
• Be a resource for solving hard, technical problems across teams and projects
• Stay up-to-date with the state of the software industry

Required qualifications

• A minimum of 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• 2+ years of proven success in senior engineering roles
• Demonstrated success collaborating across engineering, product, and business functions to deliver functionality
• Meticulous attention to detail in reviewing others' and your own work
• Experience developing and testing in Scala or other JVM languages
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, functional programming, and database schema design
• Experience designing highly scalable event streaming architecture using Kafka/MSK or equivalent
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and RESTful API design
• Expertise in PostgreSQL
• Expertise in AWS product and tools
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, including Datadog or equivalent

Nice to have

• Experience in customer-facing roles
• Familiar with modern DevOps tooling
• Kubernetes/Docker
• Terraform
• Familiar with Scala and the Lightbend and Typelevel ecosystems
• Lightbend: Slick, Play/Play JSON
• Typelevel: http4s, doobie/skunk, circe, cats, cats-effect
• Debezium

About the company

Engine by Gen collaborates with leading financial institutions to deliver the most comprehensive and personalized financial product offers to consumers.