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Scala Developer (Regular/Senior)

  • Remote
    • Remote, Mazowieckie, Poland
  • SoftwareMill

Job description

We are SoftwareMill and in 2023 we were acquired by VirtusLab. Since then we are cooperating closely, working together for clients across the globe. At the same time we remain a separate organisation with own culture and processes.

At SoftwareMill we are a diverse group of individuals: passionate geeks, humanists, fantasy and karate fans, Apple and Android enthusiasts. It’s our differences, along with the values we share, reliability, and strong experience, that empower us to build one of the most employee-friendly companies in the IT industry.

And it’s not just our opinion ,our unique culture has earned us the title of Poland’s Best Workplace in the 50–99 employees category, awarded by Great Place to Work. We collaborate 100% remotely (no office since day one), from homes spread across Poland (and beyond)!

Interested in joining our team? See what it takes to become a SoftwareMiller and read job description to find out why we're a great match for Scala enthusiasts.

What we offer

  • Salary ranging from 665 to 1280 PLN net per day for a start

  • 100% remote company with a remote-first mindset

  • Full-time but not necessarily 9-17, we are flexible

  • Professional development and freedom in choosing the toolset and tech stack

  • Learning-culture expressed by SoftwareMill Academy and the technical reading club

  • Leadership and soft-skills in-house trainings

  • English courses

  • Small teams without PMs, no procedures, and no other corporate 'goodies' we all love

  • Best tools you need to make your work pleasurable and effective: monitor(s), workstation of your choice

  • Dev-friendly environment with passionate and skilled people who believe in clean code and software craftsmanship - you will have a chance to meet some of them during the recruitment process

  • Interesting projects with technologies like Scala, Akka, Zio, Cats, Slick, Blockchain, Cassandra, MongoDB, Apache Kafka

Job requirements

Must have

  • Good Scala skills and functional programming knowledge

  • Ability to write clean and testable code

  • At least 2 years of commercial experience in developing software

  • At least basic knowledge and understanding of the industry trends and different architecture types

  • Good knowledge of English is a must (both spoken and written), we work with clients from all over the world (USA, Australia, Switzerland, etc.)

  • Polish language is required, as internally we are a Polish speaking company

Nice to have

  • Actor model and Akka

  • Knowledge of a second JVM language

  • Engagement in the IT community: personal blog, speaking at meetups/conferences, active member of StackOverflow, involvement in the open-source projects

  • Having a pet-project

  • Interest in Big Data, Machine Learning and/or Blockchain

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