Jobs Scala

Ready to level up your career? 

Playtech's GPAS unit is looking for an experienced Scala Developer with excellent engineering skills.

Your influential mission. You will...  

• Participate in software design, development, refactoring, support, and code reviews to maintain high development standards.
• Collaborate with platform teams to deliver great results.
• Work autonomously on your tasks with little or no supervision.
• Optimize the platform to achieve maximum throughput and scalability.
• Be proactive and go beyond expectations.

Components for success. You...

• Bring at least 3 years of hands-on experience developing server-side applications in Scala.
• Have a strong working knowledge of Scala (preferably Scala 3) and SBT (Scala Build Tool).
• Demonstrate solid experience with Pekko/Akka, including HTTP, Actors, Cluster, Persistence, Streams, and connectors.
• Possess a strong understanding of the JVM, data structures, and algorithms.
• Exhibit excellent knowledge of parallel and concurrent programming principles.
• Have practical experience building high-scale, distributed systems with complex interfaces and integrations.
• Think like an engineer - taking ownership, driving solutions forward, and continuously improving systems and processes.
• Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
• Show a willingness to document solutions and actively share knowledge with colleagues.

• Communicate clearly and effectively in English.

   

You'll get extra points for...

• Previous experience in the iGaming domain.
• Experience working with Typesafe Config.
• Hands-on experience with Couchbase or other document-based NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as S3 and DynamoDB.
• Experience using Play JSON.
• Proficiency with ScalaTest for testing.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Nomad, or Kubernetes.
• Confidence working in Linux environments.

Thrive in a culture that values...   

• A friendly, cooperative, and goal-oriented team of experienced professionals.
• Clear goals and a results-driven environment.
• Open communication, knowledge sharing, and mutual support across teams.
• Initiative-taking and a confident approach at the workplace.
• Collaborative and supportive culture as well as stable long-term career opportunities.
• Global scope and inclusive working environment where you can engage with diverse teams and perspectives.
• Constant learning and development opportunities and professional growth programs.

• An active lifestyle and mental well-being supported through sports classes, master classes, and monthly well-being activities.

   

GPAS UNIT

We invite an experienced Scala Developer to become a part of Playtech as a new member of the GPAS product team. Gaming Platform as a Service aka GPAS is Playtech’s exclusive distributed games delivery platform that currently has more than 1000 games running on it. GPAS is a highly accessible, multi-tenant, scalable, distributed and event-driven system written in Scala with the help of the Akka framework. We use Couchbase as a hot storage and AWS S3/DynamoDB as our cold storage to ensure we can handle nearly a billion transactions per day. We have a complex solution that provides capabilities to run various types of online casino games. We adopt Scrum methodology to deliver new features on time.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

Digis is seeking a Senior Scala Engineer to join our remote team.
 

About Digis
 

Digis is a European IT company with 200+ specialists delivering complex SaaS products, enterprise solutions, and AI-powered platforms worldwide.
 

About the Project

The client is a global B2B technology company that provides high-performance platforms for CRM, Payment Gateway, and other products.
 

They build advanced technology solutions for one of the most dynamic and high-load industries in the market.
 

This is a long-term project focused on further development, scaling, and optimization of backend systems that process large volumes of real-time transaction.
 

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services using Scala.
• Work with Akka Streams / Apache Pekko.
• Build and optimize microservices handling high transaction volumes.
• Integrate third-party payment providers, and cryptocurrency payment methods.
• Improve transaction processing performance and reduce API latency.
• Implement audit logging, event sourcing, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
• Write, test, debug, and maintain high-quality code.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with the Tech Lead, developers, QA, and other team members.
• Maintain and update technical documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of overall professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience with Scala.
• 2+ years of experience with Akka Streams or Apache Pekko.
• Experience with high-load backend systems or microservices.

• English B1+ and above.

   

Project Tech Stack

• Scala
• Akka Streams / Apache Pekko
• Java
• AWS
• NoSQL
• CI/CD pipelines
• REST / gRPC APIs

• Microservices architecture

   

Why This Project May Be Interesting

• Truly high-load, real-time systems: the platform supports around 1.5 million active users monthly, processes around 1 million transactions daily.
• Complex engineering challenges that are difficult to find in an average product company.
• No time tracker and no need to report every working hour.

• Long-term cooperation on a technically strong and scalable product.