Top Scala Jobs in Washington, DC

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Scala/Java server-side applications and RESTful APIs. Work on distributed systems, ensure data integrity and security, write unit tests, optimize performance, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers while supporting CMS mission requirements.

The role involves designing, building, and optimizing a data platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring data quality and security.

Lead design and implementation of health data products, mentor engineers, own multiple projects, and develop scalable data solutions using modern technologies.

Lead design and implementation of products, mentor engineers, drive innovation, and build scalable data solutions using modern tech stack.

Design, build, and maintain scalable Azure data pipelines and platforms using Azure Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory, and Microsoft Fabric. Implement IaC (Bicep/ARM/Terraform), CI/CD with Azure DevOps, monitor platform stability, optimize Spark jobs, and collaborate with architects and stakeholders to meet business requirements.

Design and deliver scalable, secure data platforms and architectures (Databricks/cloud) for customers. Split time between billable and pre-sales, lead solution design, mentor teams, ensure data governance and security, validate ETL/data pipelines, produce documentation and presentations, and manage multiple customer accounts to deliver production-ready data solutions.

Lead refactoring and optimization of scalable data pipelines, design next-generation distributed storage and processing systems, build clean interfaces for diverse data consumers, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards and processes.

Lead architecture and delivery of scalable, resilient distributed web applications and AI/LLM-powered features. Drive technical vision, enforce engineering best practices, mentor engineers, collaborate with product and platform teams, and productionize generative AI capabilities with attention to testing, observability, security, and performance.

Build and ship complex consumer-facing full stack applications. Work on React/TypeScript frontends (offline PWAs using IndexedDB/DexieJS and Workbox) and Scala/Play backends with PostgreSQL. Deploy on AWS via Kubernetes. Mentor engineers, collaborate in product-focused cycles, and thrive in a fast-moving startup environment.

Lead platform strategy, architecture, and hands-on development. Design, build, deploy, and operate high-performance, fault-tolerant integrations and platform enhancements. Drive security/compliance, mentor engineers, recruit senior talent, align technology with business goals, and communicate technical vision to stakeholders.

Design and build Alpaca's low-latency, high-throughput algo trading platform. Implement frontend and backend components, optimize performance, design distributed systems and data models, and develop/order and risk management systems for high availability.

Design, develop, optimize, and deploy high-performance Spark/Scala data processing applications and ETL pipelines within the Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem. Collaborate with data scientists and analysts, ensure data integrity and performance, troubleshoot Spark/Cloudera issues, and implement version control and CI/CD for Spark applications.

Design, develop, optimize, test, and deploy large-scale Spark/Scala data processing and ETL pipelines within the Cloudera ecosystem. Collaborate with data scientists and analysts, ensure data integrity and security, troubleshoot performance issues, and implement version control and CI/CD for production data solutions.

Design, develop, optimize, and deploy large-scale data processing applications using Scala and Apache Spark within the Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem. Build ETL pipelines, ensure data integrity and performance, troubleshoot Spark/Cloudera issues, collaborate with data scientists and analysts, and implement version control and CI/CD for Spark applications.

Design, develop, optimize, and deploy high-performance data processing applications using Scala and Apache Spark on Cloudera CDH. Build and tune ETL pipelines integrating HDFS, Hive, Impala, HBase, and Kafka. Ensure data integrity and security, troubleshoot performance, collaborate with data scientists and analysts, and implement version control and CI/CD.

Design, develop, test, optimize, and deploy large-scale Spark/Scala data processing and ETL pipelines on Cloudera Hadoop. Collaborate with data scientists and analysts, ensure data integrity and security, troubleshoot performance, and implement version control and CI/CD for Spark applications.

Build and maintain full-stack features on a product-oriented team, owning product areas end-to-end. Ship customer-facing functionality, design and optimize data models and schemas, work with React state management, relational databases, cloud services, event streaming, caching, and AI tools. Collaborate cross-functionally, take high ownership, and occasionally support mission-critical work outside normal hours.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and distributed systems using Scala, Java, and the Akka ecosystem; build RESTful APIs and cloud-native solutions on AWS; design data access with Slick/SQL; maintain CI/CD pipelines; participate in architecture, code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance improvements.

Design, build, and operate highly scalable cloud-native microservices and web applications. Own features from design through production, improve observability, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, mentor teammates, collaborate across teams, and leverage AI developer tools to automate and accelerate engineering workflows.

Design and implement automated test frameworks and data validation utilities for enterprise data platforms. Validate data transformations, pipelines, lineage, and performance across Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, Hadoop and cloud environments. Integrate tests into CI/CD, perform white-box and performance testing, investigate production defects, and collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure P&C insurance data quality and regulatory readiness.

Lead engineer responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing petabyte-scale distributed data processing systems (Hadoop/Spark/Hive/Trino) on AWS. Leads performance tuning, system architecture, DevOps/CI-CD, security, AI tool adoption, and mentors engineers to improve product quality and delivery.

Lead architecture and design for highly available, low-latency cloud services. Drive AI-first engineering practices, evaluate and integrate AI-assisted development tools, mentor engineers, perform code and architecture reviews, and collaborate with Product and Design to build scalable, observable, and automated systems.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ingestion agents for fleet robotics. Define efficient data formats/protocols, implement observability and big-data processing (Spark/Kafka), and build cloud tools (S3, Athena, SageMaker) for analytics, IoT integration, and long-horizon forecasting to improve robot performance and operational insights.

As a Founding Engineer, you'll develop disruptive observability products, optimize software stacks, engage with customers, and contribute to company culture.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will architect AI-enabled systems, mentor teams, and guide technical decisions for scalable products.