Principal Software Engineer (Scala)

Company Description

About Playtech
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries. 

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtech.com & www.playtechpeople.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech’s overall commitment to responsible business practices. 

Ready to level up your career?

Playtech‘s GPAS unit is looking for a talented and dedicated Principal Software Engineer (Scala) with excellent Scala skills to become a part of Playtech as a new member of the GPAS product team.

Job Description

Your influential mission. You will... 

• Participate in software design, development, refactoring, support and code reviews to maintain high development standards. 
• Collaborate with platform teams to deliver great results 
• Be teaching, mentoring, growing, knowledge-sharing and provide advice to other team members 
• Work autonomously on your tasks without supervision 
• Work closely with complex enterprise-level business logic and be willing to support and improve existing functionality
• Optimize the platform by constantly searching for areas to improve 
• Be proactive and go beyond expectations 

Qualifications

Components for success. You... 

• Have strong experience developing server-side in Scala for at least 4 years 
• Have strong experience in system design architecture Understanding of JVM, data structures and algorithms 
• Have excellent knowledge of parallel and concurrent programming 
• Have experience with Pekko/Akka Actor, Cluster, Persistence and Streams 
• Have proven experience developing high-scale distributed systems with complex interfaces and integrations
• Are self-motivated, initiative, quick learner, team player 
• Are exceptional problem-solving prowess 
• Are driven to document, share knowledge and cooperate with colleagues 
• Have good communication in English 

Thrive in a culture that values...

• Empowerment, support, and mentoring
• Constant learning and development opportunities
• Active lifestyle and mental well-being
• Fun company events 

Additional Information

GPAS (Gaming Platform as a Service) Unit 

Playtech’s exclusive distributed games delivery platform hosts 900+ games. It’s a scalable, distributed, event-driven system written in Scala using the Pekko (formerly Akka) framework. Our storage setup includes Couchbase (hot storage) and AWS S3/DynamoDB (cold storage), enabling us to handle nearly a billion transactions daily. Our architecture supports various game types, and we follow Scrum methodology for timely feature delivery. Our team works with Scala 3, SBT, Pekko (Http, Cluster, Persistence, Streams etc), Couchbase, AWS S3 and DynamoDB, Play JSON, ScalaTest, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.