Backend Developer - Ads & API's

London, United Kingdom

Salary

£65K - 85K

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

Scala
SQL
Cassandra
AWS
Kafka
TDD

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To sum it up...

Build systems for 30Million daily users, all using Scala!

Role overview

A great chance to join an established and respected tech company, that is looking for engineers to help grow out new functions within the business.

Build global systems at scale that are used by 30 million users, in over 22 countries around the world.🌎

Responsibilities

Engineer and implement highly scalable systems.
Define our development environment, and communicate the best development practices within the organisation (i.e. code reviews, testing, etc).
Continuously monitor the quality of our systems, design measurements to monitor their health (both the engineering systems and data quality).
Keep on top of the latest and greatest developments in the distributed systems, the cloud, and data science fields.
Work with our Data Science, Product and UX teams, as well as driving product development.

Requirements

Computer Science Degree
You’re fluent in multiple development languages (static and dynamic), and interested in learning more. Experience in Java or Scala is beneficial, but not needed.
You have a deep understanding of systems design, algorithms, and data structures.
Cloud experience: AWS, Google Cloud, or any proprietary clouds.
You have worked with or a have an interest in distributed computing technologies.

Location

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, situated in the South East of the island. The world's largest financial centre, London is also often referred to the culture capital of the world. The city is well-known for its heritage, including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, Westminster Abbey, and the historic settlement of Greenwich. London Underground is the oldest urban railway network in the world.

Technology workers in London earn 60pc more than the city average, with the figure even higher for foreign born workers, who earned 28pc more than their British counterparts in tech jobs. London can be considered as a center for professional relocation. Furthermore, there are over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies' headquarters in London.

The city is famous for unpredictable weather. For instance, it could be cold, warm and rainy in one day and it’s often the topic of conversation across the city.