Hybrid Senior Backend Software Engineer, Scala, AWS

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About the role

  • Senior Backend Software Engineer developing scalable backend systems for media subscription and commerce platforms. Collaborating with engineering teams to deliver production-ready code and improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems supporting media subscription and commerce platforms.
  • Develop RESTful web services leveraging relational and/or NoSQL databases.
  • Contribute to high-quality, production-ready code using Scala, Cats Effect, http4s, Play, and Golang.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams in an agile environment, contributing throughout the full software development lifecycle—from design through deployment and maintenance.
  • Implement automated testing at unit, integration, and functional levels to ensure system reliability and fault tolerance.
  • Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
  • Champion engineering excellence by focusing on code quality, resiliency, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

  • BS degree in a STEM field
  • Strong backend development experience with Scala (or Java as solid backup)
  • Experience building and integrating REST APIs
  • AWS services (ECS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, etc.) or equivalent cloud infrastructure experience (GCP nice-to-have)
  • Exposure to Golang is a plus

Job title

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Scala, AWS

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$93 per hour

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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