Scala Engineer

Summary

Join SwissBorg as a Senior Scala Engineer and contribute to the back-end development of their flagship investment app. You will collaborate with a talented team, build and own products, and see the real-time impact of your code. The role involves identifying backend architecture and API requirements, solving complex problems in finance and distributed systems, writing automated tests, optimizing code, and mentoring junior team members. You will own services from design to deployment and monitoring, guiding product design with technical expertise, and participating in architectural improvements. SwissBorg offers a transparent environment, a healthy work-life balance, and opportunities for professional growth within a leading European Scala engineering team. The company values diversity and inclusion, creating a welcoming and supportive atmosphere.

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