GFT Technologies SE

Sr Software Engineer-Scala

GFT Technologies SE · Heredia, Costa Rica

IT Services and IT Consulting · 10,001+ employees

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Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Costa Rica
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About the role

Design and maintain scalable backend services and distributed data pipelines using Scala across AWS and GCP environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, observability, and high-quality software delivery.

What they look for

Scala AWS GCP Functional Programming Sbt Circe PostgreSQL FS2 Cats-effect Google BigQuery Google Dataflow Kubernetes Git Distributed Systems SQL Finagle

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and at least 4 years of professional software engineering experience. Proficiency in Scala, functional programming, and cloud-native architectures is essential.

Full description

Job description_

About the Role_

We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of a modern, cloud-native data processing platform. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient services that process and manage large volumes of data across AWS and GCP environments.

You will work closely with engineers, architects, and product stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions that support mission-critical data ingestion, transformation, and analytics workloads.

A day in this role_

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Scala.
  • Build and enhance distributed systems that process large-scale data workloads.
  • Develop integrations with cloud services across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using cloud-native identity services.
  • Build and maintain data pipelines supporting ingestion, transformation, and analytics.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Ensure system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
  • Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed, cloud-based environments.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, component, and integration testing.

The expertise requested_

  • Strong proficiency in Scala and experience with sbt for build management.
  • Solid understanding of functional programming principles and best practices.
  • Experience with JSON serialization and deserialization frameworks such as Circe.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Knowledge of cloud authentication and authorization mechanisms, including:
  • IAM
  • STS
  • AssumeRole
  • WebIdentity
  • Experience integrating with AWS SDKs, particularly:
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS STS
  • Experience working with:
  • Google BigQuery
  • Google Dataflow
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with asynchronous and concurrent programming using technologies such as:
  • FS2
  • cats-effect
  • Familiarity with distributed messaging platforms such as Google Pub/Sub.
  • Strong testing experience, including unit, component, and integration testing.
  • Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
  • Proficiency with Git and modern software development workflows.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in backend engineering, data platforms, or data-intensive systems.
  • Experience with Finagle or similar RPC frameworks.
  • Knowledge of data pipeline orchestration and workflow management tools.
  • Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes environments.
  • Familiarity with containerization technologies and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience building highly observable and resilient data processing systems.

Desired or nice to have expertise_

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication.
  • Ability to collaborate in a fast-paced, agile environment.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Our Core values are focus to inclusion and diversity, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will go thru a fair recruitment process regardless of their race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status.

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