Scala BackEnd Developer

Cross Border Talents is looking for a BackEnd Scala Engineer to start working in our client's company in Portugal.

Are you a problem-solver with a background in software development?
Do you want to be a part of an innovative team that uses its technical skills to make a positive impact?

Then this role could be for you!

Our client is a fast-growing non-profit social enterprise with offices in the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, India, Kenya, and Ethiopia. They build digital platforms that motivate users - primarily young women and adolescent girls - to make positive choices. They work together with local communities and use nudges like reminders, discounts, and reward points to encourage our users to access and use health products and services.

All of their offices are comfortable, open spaces filled with enthusiastic, international colleagues. Whether you are working from our biggest office in Nairobi, the fast- growing office in South Africa, or from home, our people are young, and our culture is global and dynamic. Our work environment is fast-paced, informal, and friendly.

• Backend Engineer is responsible for creating and maintains the software, to allow our platform to function.
• You maintain and develop new features on our software platform.
• Applying software engineering principles to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of our software.
• Working closely with team members, on development and other projects.
• Responsible for security and data protection when developing our software.
• You have great, in-depth development experience using Scala and building software from the ground up
  • You have worked extensively with several backend tools and frameworks, including Scala.
  • You don’t want to just write code, you want to make it with quality and scalable.
  • You are willing to learn. We use Cats, FS2, ScalaTest, Testcontainers, Flyway, among others (you don't need to have experience with the tools we are currently using, we can help you).

• Great secondary benefits
• A personal development budget.
• Unlimited holidays, if you can make it work with your team you’re good to go.
• Growth opportunities.
• A product to help shape as we grow, to leave your mark on how we do things.
• A vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations

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