Scala Developer
Full-timeCompany Description
About Playtech
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Ready to level up your career?
Playtech's Gpas unit is looking for an experienced Scala Developer with excellent engineering skills.
Job Description
Your influential mission. You will...
Participate in software design, development, refactoring, support, and code reviews to maintain high development standardsCollaborate with platform teams to deliver great resultsWork autonomously on your tasks with little or no supervisionOptimize the platform to achieve maximum throughput and scalabilityBe proactive and go beyond expectationsQualifications
Components for success. You...
Have strong experience developing server-side in Scala for at least 4 yearsUnderstand JVM, data structures, and algorithmsPossess excellent knowledge of parallel and concurrent programmingHave experience with Pekko Http, Actor, Cluster, Persistence, and StreamsHave proven experience developing high-scale distributed systems with complex interfaces and integrationsExhibit an engineering mindset: self-motivated, initiative, quick learner, team player, critical thinkerDemonstrate exceptional problem-solving prowessHave a desire to document and share knowledge with colleaguesCommunicate well in EnglishYou'll get extra points for...
CouchbaseAWS S3 and DynamoDBKubernetesDockerLinuxThrive in a culture that values...
Possibility to work with a product companyPersonalised professional growthWarm and friendly attitude to every specialistEducational possibilitiesCompetitive salary and benefitsMedical insuranceFully-equipped cosy office space located in the city centre (Gulliver, “Palats Sportu” metro station)Flexible work format - remote, office-based or mixedPaid vacation days, sick leaves and national holidaysCorporate events and team buildingsAdditional Information
GPAS TEAM
Gaming Platform as a Service aka GPAS is Playtech’s exclusive distributed games delivery platform that currently has more than 1000 games running on it.
GPAS is a highly accessible, multi-tenant, scalable, distributed and event-driven system written in Scala with the help of the Akka framework.
We use Couchbase as a hot storage and AWS S3/DynamoDB as our cold storage to ensure we can handle nearly a billion transactions per day.
We have a complex solution that provides capabilities to run a variety of different slot, and multiplayer games and our architecture supports an extension to support other types of games.
We adopt Scrum methodology to deliver new features on time.
Tech stack:
Sbt, Scala 3Pekko(http, actor, cluster, persistence, streams, connectors)Typesafe configCouchbaseAWS S3 and DynamoDBPlay JsonScalatestDocker + Nomad or K8sPlaytech 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.
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