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EM-8165 Senior Recently added

Senior Scala Developer

Latvia
11 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered distributed live-streaming systems for casino games using event sourcing with Kafka and Cassandra. Maintains multi-node production platforms with asynchronous Scala services, Kubernetes deployment, and Prometheus/Grafana-based operational monitoring.

  • Implemented Akka Cluster Sharding and Akka Persistence
  • Built streaming workflows with FS2 and Cats-Effect
  • Developed WebSocket and gRPC service integrations
  • Maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Helm charts
ScalaJavaTypeScriptJavaScriptAngularSpring
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EG-5023 Senior Recently added

Scala Backend Developer

Germany
6 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Decomposed a high-traffic monolith into five standalone services using purely functional Scala, improving deployment frequency while maintaining resilience and test coverage. Delivers backend systems through production operations, including releases, on-call ownership, and postmortem-driven reliability work.

  • Reduced incident recovery time from 1.4 hours to 15 minutes
  • HTTP APIs built with http4s, Tapir, Circe, and protobuf
  • Database access using doobie across PostgreSQL and Cassandra
  • Kafka-based event-driven integrations with Redis caching
ScalaFunctional ProgrammingCatsCats EffectFuturehttp4s
Interviewing now $60k-72k/yr
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#HIRED Lead Recently hired

Lead Scala Engineer

Spain
6 years
Hybrid
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
ScalaSparkFlinkAirflowGCPPythonDelta LakeDocker
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JM-9420 Senior

Senior Scala Data Engineer

United States
6 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Built Scala data infrastructure for blockchain compliance and analytics, using domain modeling to structure complex transaction data. Developed Kafka-backed microservices for operational workflows, including onboarding, retention, and electric-vehicle services.

  • Automated payment reconciliation workflows
  • Implemented third-party data exchange service
  • Extended self-exclusion across multiple jurisdictions
  • Applied ZIO, Cats, and Kafka Streams
ScalaTerraformKubernetesAmazon Web ServicesApache KafkaDynamoDB
Interviewing now $150k-180k/yr
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JF-3412 Senior

Founding Scala Software Engineer

France
7 years
Employee / Freelancer

Co-founded a startup focusing on distributed systems and microservices with Scala. Designed APIs for scalable data-driven applications. Integrated complex SQL queries for data-intensive backend processes.

  • Co-founded startup in distributed systems
  • Designed scalable APIs
  • Integrated complex SQL queries
PythonScalaSQLAPI DesignMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Salary on request
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EH-3800 Principal

Senior Scala Developer

Netherlands
19 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Built distributed microservices architecture handling millions of requests per second. Architected real-time data processing pipelines using Akka and Kafka for high-throughput applications. Designed and deployed scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS for global reach applications.

  • Implemented event-driven systems with Akka Streams
  • Optimized JVM performance for large-scale enterprise applications
  • Developed multi-region failover strategies on AWS
ScalaJavaPythonAkkaKafkaAWS
Interviewing now €50k-80k/yr
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EE-6829 Lead

Scala Contractor

United Kingdom
19 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led the development of large-scale distributed systems handling billions of transactions daily. Specialized in building high-performance backend systems for financial analytics platforms. Developed containerized microservices architectures using Docker to enhance scalability and reliability.

  • Optimized data processing pipelines for real-time analytics
  • Implemented custom Unix-based tools for system monitoring
  • Developed complex scripting solutions in Perl for data migration
ScalaPythonPerlLinuxUnixDocker
Available in 2 weeks £120k-140k/yr
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NL-1941 Principal

Senior Scala Developer

Netherlands
25 years
Flexible
Freelancer

Specialized in designing distributed systems with a focus on real-time data processing pipelines. Led the development of a high-performance, event-driven architecture leveraging Scala and ZIO for fault tolerance and scalability. Optimized cross-service communication using gRPC for microservices in a large-scale enterprise environment.

  • Implemented custom Tapir-based API gateway solutions
  • Architected SQL-driven data analytics platforms
  • Developed concurrent processing frameworks with Java
  • Enhanced system resilience with advanced ZIO constructs
ScalaZIOJavaSQLgRPCTapir
Interviewing now €95-105/hr
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CB-2510 Lead

Senior Scala engineer

Czech Republic
13 years
Remote
Employee

Architected a robust event-driven architecture for large-scale IoT data ingestion. Enhanced a supply chain management platform with Scala and Kafka for real-time analytics. Developed a high-throughput messaging system using Typelevel libraries.

  • Implemented PostgreSQL optimizations for high-volume data storage
  • Utilized Go for microservices orchestration
  • Contributed to open-source Scala libraries
  • Configured Linux servers for enhanced application performance
ScalaTypelevelPostgreSQLKafkaLinuxGo
Available in 2 weeks €70k-85k/yr
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JF-4303 Senior

Application Developer - Scala

United Kingdom
10 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Developed distributed systems for financial trading platforms, optimizing real-time data processing with Scala. Spearheaded the integration of functional programming paradigms into legacy systems, enhancing performance and reliability. Designed and implemented RESTful APIs for high-traffic web services, ensuring seamless data exchange.

  • Architected microservices for a large-scale e-commerce application
  • Optimized SQL Server queries to improve database performance by 40%
  • Led a migration project from ASP.NET to Scala-based architecture
  • Implemented machine learning models using Python for predictive analytics
ScalaFunctional ProgrammingJavaPythonASP.NETSQL Server
Interviewing now £50k-90k/yr
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NQ-4423 Senior

Scala Developer

Poland
6 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Specializes in building resilient real-time data pipelines using Scala and Spark, deployed on AWS infrastructure. Developed distributed systems leveraging ZIO for fault tolerance and concurrency management in cloud environments.

  • Architected real-time data pipelines on AWS
  • Implemented distributed systems with ZIO
  • Optimized Spark jobs for large-scale data processing
ScalaZIODPLSparkPipelinesAWS
Available in 2 weeks Salary on request
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AL-9947 Principal

Senior Scala Developer / Team Leader

Poland
12 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Led the development of a distributed event-driven microservices architecture using Akka and Play. Specialized in high-performance, non-blocking I/O operations and asynchronous data processing. Designed scalable RESTful APIs for large-scale enterprise applications, optimizing database interactions with Slick.

  • Implemented custom streaming solutions using Akka Streams
  • Optimized performance of real-time data pipelines
  • Architected distributed systems for fintech applications
ScalaAkkaPlayHttp4sCatsSlick
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AF-2531 Lead

Senior Scala Engineer

Italy
15 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Led the development of a high-performance trading platform using Scala and ZIO, optimizing execution speed and reliability. Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to modern, functional programming paradigms to enhance maintainability and scalability.

  • Integrated Java and Scala codebases for seamless interoperability
  • Developed custom concurrency models in ZIO for reactive systems
  • Enhanced C++ systems for real-time data processing
  • Built complex data transformation pipelines in financial domain
ScalaJavaC++C#JavaScriptZIO
Available in 1 month Salary on request
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EL-6427 Principal

Senior Scala Engineer

Switzerland
15 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected event-driven systems leveraging Event Sourcing and CQRS to ensure data consistency. Pioneered the use of Scala for building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed applications. Designed and implemented microservices to support large-scale fintech platforms.

  • Integrated TypeScript for enhanced front-end type safety
  • Developed domain-driven design models for enterprise applications
  • Implemented Dart-based solutions for cross-platform mobile applications
ScalaJavaTypeScriptDartEvent SourcingCQRS
Interviewing now £140k-150k/yr
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AY-3037 Principal

Senior Scala Developer

Latvia
20 years
Hybrid
Employee / Freelancer

Builds functional, event-driven services in Scala using Cats Effect, fs2, and Kafka for high-throughput distributed pipelines. Designs cloud-native systems on AWS with type-safe abstractions, event sourcing, and persistence across Cassandra, MongoDB, and relational databases.

  • Scala 3 derivation macros and newtypes
  • Tagless-final and Kleisli architecture
  • Kafka event-sourced persistence
  • Kubernetes deployment and CI/CD automation
Scala 3Scala 2.13CatsCats Effectfs2Kafka
Interviewing now €85k-100k/yr
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