Backend Developer (Scala)

Evolution is a market-leading developer and provider of products and services for online casino entertainment. Our excellence is driven by over 20,000 EVOlutioneers across 30 markets worldwide, working in product innovation, software development, IT solutions, game hosting and business support. Evolution's dynamic and creative environment creates a unique opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Our integrated business-to-business solutions guarantee that our clients can always provide an unrivalled online entertainment experience to their players globally. We thrive on remaining an award-winning digital powerhouse of entertainment products and services with an ever-expanding line-up of product brands: Evolution Live, NetEnt, Red Tiger, Ezugi, Big Time Gaming, and Nolimit City.

Evolution is a Swedish company founded in 2006 and listed on Nasdaq Nordic (EVO).

We are searching for passionate Scala Engineers. We thrive in well-designed, scalable, systems which use modern functional programming based design approaches. We believe that the functional programming approach in Scala results in systems which are easier to build and maintain - we use modern, pragmatic approaches such as Tagless Final and libraries such as Cats and Cats Effect to achieve this.

As a member of Slot team you will:

• Build robust game server components using Scala and functional programming principles.
• Translate high-level game specs into executable domain logic
• Work closely with other developers and QAs to ensure smooth integration into Evolution platform

You will need to:

• Be proactive, pragmatic and professional, deliver results;
• Write code that make our games and related functionality run;
• Write unit and other automated tests;
• Work and communicate efficiently with the rest of the development team, including PO, front-end developers and designers;
• Actively participate in code reviews so that code delivered by you and your team is of great quality;
• Own your applications, ensure they deploy and run 24/7 on our Kubernetes platform with great performance;
• Be ready to invest the effort to become an even better developer;

To succeed in this role you should have:

• Passion for our profession, in particular Scala and Functional Programming, and improving yourself technically
• Proven experience in delivering production software using Scala or comparable experience, such as extensive JVM or Haskell experience
• Interest in the latest programming trends such as functional and reactive programming
• Excellent communication skills and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or equivalent.

We will appreciate:

• Experience building high performance clustered systems, modular FP-based architecture, as well as actor systems, where they are necessary;
• Experience in Cats, Cats Effect, ZIO, Tagless Final
• Experience with Event Sourcing & CQRS;
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes

Are you one of us? 

A person that wants to work with games played by extremely many people all around the world, and  who views yourself as a positive, creative and fearless person who loves to push the limits, try new things and feel comfortable with speaking your mind. You take a lot of pride in your work, willing to grasp and maintain focus on the big picture and to think ahead. You are a team player, willing to share your knowledge and learn from your colleagues, while enjoying a dynamic and create environment.

About Us

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