Senior Scala Engineer £60,000 - £85,000 + bonus + benefits Permanent | Hybrid & Remote Opportunities Available (2 days/month in West Midlands) We're hiring a Senior Scala Engineer to build and evolve high-scale backend services in a modern engineering environment. This is a hands-on role with real ownership, strong technical standards and the chance to influence how systems are designed, built and run. What you'll do: Build and maintain Scala services using functional programming principles Design and optimise RESTful APIs and microservices Write high-quality, well-tested code (TDD/BDD) Work with PostgreSQL and/or NoSQL databases Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerised deployments Mentor other engineers and shape technical best practices What we're looking for: Strong commercial experience with Scala Solid functional programming background Experience with REST APIs, JSON (Play JSON or Circe) Database experience (PostgreSQL and/or NoSQL) Testing experience (ScalaTest, Specs2, Mockito) Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms This role requires eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) clearance. Therefore, you must: Have lived continuously in the UK for the last 5+ years Have the correct right to work in the UK Have not had any trips out of the UK in the last 5 years which have lasted 28 consecutive days or more Be willing to ...