Scala Software Engineer

Company: Space Executive
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Location: London
Job Description:

We’re partnered with an AI-native customer experience platform that’s transforming how ecommerce brands support and engage with their customers through intelligent AI Agents.

They’re now looking to hire a Senior Scala Software Engineer with strong Scala experience to help scale a high-performance backend platform powering some of the world’s leading retail brands.

This is a backend-focused engineering role, working across distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API integrations within a modern functional Scala environment.

You’ll join a highly technical product engineering team building scalable systems that sit at the core of a rapidly growing AI product used internationally across ecommerce and customer support environments.

Company Culture

  • Hybrid working – 3 days per week in the London
  • High-autonomy engineering environment with strong ownership and trust
  • Fast-moving product business with genuine technical depth
  • Collaborative and low-ego culture where engineers influence product direction
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    What You’ll Be Doing

    • Building backend services and platform functionality using Scala
    • Designing and delivering scalable distributed systems and microservices
    • Developing APIs and integrations with third-party customer support platforms
    • Contributing to architecture decisions across core product infrastructure
    • Working closely with product and engineering teams to deliver new platform capabilities
    • Building maintainable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems
    • Helping scale a modern AI platform used by global ecommerce brands

    What We’re Looking For

    Strong Scala Experience

    • Commercial experience building backend systems with Scala, including experience with modern Scala tooling and libraries
    • Strong understanding of functional programming principles
    • Experience designing and building microservices architectures
    • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and distributed systems
    • Comfortable working with scalable backend infrastructure and integrations
    • Experience with PostgreSQL and relational databases
    • Understanding of scalable cloud-native architecture and deployment practices

    If this sounds like your kind of opportunity, feel free to reach out for a confidential conversation.

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Posted: May 18th, 2026