Backend Developer

We are strengthening our Game Server team in Stockholm and searching for passionate Scala Engineers whom are responsible for backend servers that handles game transactions for 300+ first person casino games developed and operated by Evolution Group. The team is developing, maintaining and improving several backend servers which together delivers a high performance system with low latency for our players. 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.

You will need to:

• Be proficient in Scala, Java or other JVM languages
• Be familiar with asynchronous, non-blocking, functional/reactive styles of programming
• 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 design
• 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

Requirements

• Scala 2/3 functional programming skills, including Higher-kinded Types, Tagless Final, JSON/Circe, Http4s, Cats, Cats Effect 3.
• Passion for our profession, in particular Scala and Functional Programming, and improving yourself technically.
• Have a Full Stack mindset, meaning that you are able and willing to move outside your comfort zone and learn and work with new technologies.
• 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 Computer Science or equivalent