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Senior Scala Developer / Tech Lead

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Signify Technology

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United Kingdom , London

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Salary:

100000.00 - 130000.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

A fast-growing, privacy-first technology company building large-scale, real-time data platforms. The organisation operates globally at very high traffic volumes and is known for strong engineering culture, modern distributed systems, and a focus on developer autonomy and ownership.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead technical direction for a core platform team
  • Own architecture and delivery of distributed, data-intensive systems
  • Mentor engineers and set technical standards
  • Work closely with product and internal stakeholders
  • Build and scale data ingestion and data export services
  • Remain hands-on while providing technical leadership

Requirements:

  • Prior experience in technical leadership, mentoring engineers, drive technical and architectural decisions
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Strong, recent experience with functional programming (ideally Scala), but open to other FP languages or JVM-based languages
  • Experienced with the type-level eco-system (Cats Effect)
  • Cloud platform (AWS/GCP), with Kubernetes, Terraform etc.
  • Messaging systems like Kafka or Kinesis
What we offer:
  • Equity / stock options
  • Flexible working hours and hybrid setup
  • Generous paid time off
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Home office budget
  • Ongoing learning & development support
  • Mental health and wellbeing resources
  • Pension / retirement contributions

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 11, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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