TECH LEAD (SCALA)

- COUNTRY
- Europe
- FORMAT
- Remote

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior Back End Scala Engineer for a full-time on-site position (40 hours per week) in Ukraine. Our client is a finance company and an alternative lending platform focused on providing capital access to small and medium-sized businesses.

You'll contribute to a microservices-based fintech origination platform. The role involves building and extending backend services across a multi-step deal ingestion pipeline, with integrations into third-party data providers and a financial management system.

REQUIREMENTS :

- 7+ years of commercial experience in backend development with Scala and/or Java.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, including parallelization and performance optimization.
- Experience with RabbitMQ; familiarity with other message brokers, such as Kafka, is also valued.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL or comparable relational databases.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
- Strong commercial experience with AWS.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.

NICE TO HAVE

- Knowledge of Heroku.
- Experience with Python.
- Background in fintech or financial services is a solid plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Design and implement scalable, reliable backend services in Scala, aligned with existing architecture and coding standards.
- Build and maintain RabbitMQ-based messaging integrations between microservices, as well as third-party API integrations (data verification providers, OCR services, and NetSuite).
- Design and implement RESTful APIs to serve internal platform needs and support external partner integrations.
- Maintain high code quality through unit and integration testing, peer code reviews, and performance profiling.




- Participate in deployment pipelines and manage workloads on Heroku and AWS environments.
- Follow client security and data-handling guidelines to support SOC 2 Type 2 compliance requirements.

WE OFFER

- US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
- Regular performance appraisals to support your growth.
- Flexibility in workspace, either remote or our welcoming office.
- Bonuses for article writing, public talks, and other activities.
- Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days.
- Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development.
- Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.
- Regular corporate online activities.
- Awesome team and a friendly, supportive community!

ABOUT SVITLA

Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in the U.S. and operating across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and APAC. Since 2003, we have served a wide range of clients — from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Our success is built on partnership. By integrating seamlessly with clients’ teams, we create lasting collaborations that drive real results.

We are strong advocates of workplace flexibility, remote culture, individual approach to professional and personal growth.

Svitla is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for cooperation without regard to age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, race, color, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our global mission is to build a business that contributes to wellbeing of our partners, personnel, and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world.

Together, we are coding a brighter tomorrow — and living it.

Join us!

LET'S MEET IN PERSON

Diana Kvashyna : RECRUITER**:

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- Diana Kvashyna

📌 Tech Lead (Scala) (Naushera)
🏢 Svitla Systems
📍 Naushera