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Backend Scala Developers in Canada

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15+

Avg. Years Experience

Top Skills

Scala Java AWS Docker

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Built through years working with teams and engineers in the Scala ecosystem.

Deep Technical Focus

We specialize in functional backend systems, data platforms, and distributed infrastructure.

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Available Developers

Introductions typically arranged within 5–10 business days.

GD-3884 Principal Recently added

Senior Software Engineer

Canada

8-12 years

Remote

Employee / Freelancer

Designed and implemented distributed systems for high-frequency trading platforms, focusing on low-latency data processing. Spearheaded the integration of domain-driven design principles into microservices architecture, enhancing scalability and maintainability. Developed a real-time analytics engine processing millions of events per second using functional programming techniques.

Optimized JVM performance for large-scale financial applications
Led migration from monolithic to microservices architecture
Implemented event sourcing for complex transaction processing

Scala Java Functional Programming OOP DDD TDD

Available in 2 weeks Salary on request

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MX-9522 Lead Recently added

Lead Backend Developer

Canada

5-8 years

Remote

Employee / Freelancer

Led the development of backend systems leveraging Play and Akka frameworks for scalable web applications. Streamlined server-side logic in Scala to support high concurrency environments.

Integrated reactive programming models for improved performance
Designed RESTful APIs with Spring and Kotlin
Optimized JVM performance for low-latency operations

Scala Java Kotlin Play Akka Spring

Available in 2 weeks Salary on request

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#HIRED Senior Recently hired

Staff Backend Developer

Canada

8 years

On-site

Employee

Experienced software engineer with strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record delivering production systems at scale. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant services, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior developers across cross-functional teams.

Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform

Scala ZIO gRPC Redis Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL Docker

Hired Salary: $XXX,XXX

JE-7413 Principal

Staff Software Engineer

Canada

12+ years

Remote

Employee / Freelancer

Architected a distributed financial trading platform using Rust, handling real-time data processing with millisecond latency. Developed a cross-platform mobile application backend in Dart, integrating with cloud-based microservices. Led the redesign of a legacy system in C# to a modern microservices architecture, improving scalability and reliability.

Implemented a messaging protocol in Erlang for telecom systems
Optimized Python scripts for data analytics pipelines
Built a real-time game server in Java handling thousands of connections

Rust Python Dart Java C# Erlang

Available in 2 weeks $150k-175k/yr

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FY-8687 Lead

Senior Software Engineer

Canada

8-12 years

Remote

Employee / Freelancer

Designed and implemented scalable microservices architecture for a high-traffic e-commerce platform, optimizing API performance with both REST and GraphQL. Developed a real-time data processing pipeline that processes millions of events daily, utilizing gRPC for efficient inter-service communication. Spearheaded the transition of a legacy monolithic application to a distributed system, improving fault tolerance and reducing downtime.

Architected a high-throughput event-driven messaging system.
Led the integration of third-party APIs using GraphQL.
Optimized gRPC for low-latency communication in distributed systems.
Implemented caching strategies to enhance API response times.

Software Architecture System Design API Design REST GraphQL gRPC

Interviewing now $65k-85k/yr

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JF-8640 Lead

Software Architect

Canada

12+ years

Flexible

Employee / Freelancer

Designed and implemented a high-performance distributed system for IoT data aggregation using Rust. Developed a cross-platform application in C++ for embedded systems. Architected a cloud-native infrastructure for machine learning pipelines in Python.