Scala Engineer

Summary

Join SwissBorg, a company building investment experiences, as a Senior Scala Engineer. You'll contribute to the back-end development of their flagship app, working with a talented team and utilizing technologies like Cats Effect 3, Tapir, and Kubernetes. You will design and implement backend architecture, solve complex problems, write automated tests, optimize code, and mentor junior engineers. The role offers opportunities for ownership, impact, and professional growth within a supportive and inclusive environment. SwissBorg provides benefits such as a training budget, MacBook Pro, flexible hours, vacation days, company retreats, and a welcoming culture.

Requirements

• Highly experienced with Scala
• Strong sense of ownership and entrepreneurial thinking - customer value should be your key driver
• Must have a keen interest in Crypto/Web3

Responsibilities

• Identify requirements for backend architecture design and API with the engineering team
• Solve challenging problems in the context of finance and distributed systems
• Write rigorous automated tests and ensure code quality and documentation
• Optimise the code for performance
• Support and coach junior team members
• Own your services, from tech design to deployment and monitoring
• Help the product to design the requirements for a feature, providing technical guidance early in the process
• Take part in the continuous improvement of the overall technical architecture

Benefits

• Training and development budget
• The latest MacBook Pro
• BORG welcome bonus
• Flexible working hours - we believe in outcome over output
• Vacation days + local bank holidays
• Company wide retreats