Senior Scala Engineer

Who are we

For more than 20 years, our global network of passionate technologists and pioneering craftspeople has deliveredcutting-edgetechnology and game-changing consulting to companies on the brink of AI-driven digital transformation. Since 2001, we have grown into a full-service digital consulting company with 5500+ professionals working on a worldwideambition.

Driven by the desire to make a difference, we keep innovating. Fueling the growth of our company with our knowledge worker culture. When teaming up with Xebia, expect in-depthexpertise based on an authentic, value-led, and high-quality way of working that inspires all we do.

About the Role

Xebiais looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to join a team building scalable, resilient backend systems. This is a consulting role embedded in a functional-first,Typelevel-based stack, whereyou'llhelp design and ship high-throughput servicesrunning onAWS.You'llwork closely with client architects andXebia'sengineering team to drive technical decisions, raise the bar on code quality, and deliver solutions that hold up under real production load.

What You’llDo

• Design and build high-throughput, low-latency services in Scala 3 using a modern functional stack (Typelevel-style: cats-effect, http4s, fs2).

• Define and evolve type-safe, schema-driven APIs, with attention to clean data transformations and serialization.

• Lead architectural discussions, making sound trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and delivery timelines.

• Conduct code reviews focused on functional-programming idioms,effectsafety, and long-term maintainability.

• Design and manage AWS infrastructure as code, working with core services such as ECS, Lambda, and managed databases/caching layers, plus event-driven components (queues, schedulers, streaming).

• Instrument services for observabilityand takeownership of production reliabilityand performance.

• Build andmaintaina strong automated test suite, including property-based and integration testing.

• Produce technical proposals, architecturedocs, and root cause analyses for client-facing decisions.

• Mentor other engineers on functional programming patterns and effect-oriented system design.

• Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear recommendations for both engineering and client stakeholders.

• Support technical evaluations of other consultants whenrequired, contributing to the assessment of skills and alignment with project needs.

What You Bring

Core experience

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with solid hands-on experience in Scala and functional programming.

• Production experience with aTypelevel-style effect system and functional HTTP stack (e.g., cats-effect, http4s, fs2, or equivalents).

• Experience designing type-safe, schema-driven APIs in enterprise settings.

• Experience supporting high-throughput, production-grade JVM systems, including asynchronous/concurrent programming models.

• Experience with observability and distributed tracing tooling.

Infrastructure & AWS

• Proficiencyin AWS, with hands-on experience acrosscompute, serverless, database, caching, and event-driven/streaming services (e.g.ECS, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis, Kinesis).

• Experience defining and managing infrastructure as code(e.g., AWS CDK).

Testing & quality

• Skilled in functional and property-based testing approaches, plus integration testing against external dependencies.

• Comfortable working with modern CI/CD and source control practices.

Ways of Working

• Experience with observability and distributed tracing tooling.

• Strong pragmatic instincts for balancing engineering rigor against business and delivery constraints.

• Persistent curiosity and ownership, proactiveabout identifyingand fixing root causes, not just symptoms.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable engaging directly with client stakeholders.

• Hands-on experienceleveragingAI tools in software development workflows, actively using AI-assisted coding, automation, or productivity solutions to improve delivery speed, code quality, and overall project outcomes.

What We Offer

• 100% remote work to provide flexibility and work-life balance.

• Company laptop and necessary equipment to perform your role effectively.

• Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with local market benchmarks.

Xebia is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.