Senior Scala Engineer - Distributed Systems (m/f/x)

Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team.

• Drive Results: We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce
• Cultivate Belonging: We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork
• Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential
• Adapt Boldly: We’re curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures

The Opportunity:

As a Scala Engineer at commercetools, you will work with enthusiastic, experienced Software Engineers in an agile, international environment with a modern tech stack (functional programming, GraphQL, Scala, MongoDB, and more). The Distributed Systems team's mission is to build secure and resilient APIs for the purpose of product discovery. Our Scala Engineers solve complex problems, work with passion, and are constantly seeking the big picture, all while working on one of the world's most modern e-commerce platforms.

Your Mission:

• Design, implement, and test mission-critical API’s in a PaaS eCommerce Scala backend

• Develop a scalable and multi-tenant architecture

• Work closely with Product Management to understand the business needs and finding appropriate technical solutions

• Contribute to the definition of the team roadmap

• Ensure that functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security) are met

• Collaborate with engineers from different teams to ensure technical excellence of the whole platform

• Take part in on-call rotation (with the worldwide distributed team) for production systems

What you need to succeed:

• Experience in building modern and scalable backend services on the JVM and cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS

• Familiarity with JVM languages (preferably Scala), or other functional programming languages

• Openness to experiment with new technologies and changing tech stacks

• Solid understanding of parallel and asynchronous programming, as well as non-blocking I/O

• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks

• Experience extending HTTP services and APIs, including concepts for authentication and service-to-service communication

• Ability to bring your ideas and be proactive in proposing solutions and improvements to the codebase.

• Ability to weigh trade-offs through discussions working within a cross-functional team.

• Be able to write and speak English fluently

Nice to have:

• Experience working with GraphQL

• Experience interacting with (or implementing) the OAuth standard

• Experience working with multi-tenant systems

• Experience working with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases

• Experience in defining, working with, and optimizing CI pipelines, as well as deploying services with Kubernetes

We care about your growth and well-being

💰 Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks

☀️ Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country, with 20 working days per trip

💻 Learning & Development Budget

Exchange & Exploration Time: 10% of your time can be used for your self-driven growth and collaboration on self-picked projects

📚 Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses

🙌 Our Benefits: Check them out by officehere

⌚️ Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees

🚀 Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment

Come grow with us!

We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.

commercetools celebrates being a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If your professional profile aligns with our specific hiring requirements and Guiding Stars, we encourage you to apply. We will assess your competencies, future potential, approach to learning and self-development and passion, and not your age, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, genetics, or disability.