At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop high-performance backend systems using Scala.
- Company: Join a billion-dollar tech company with a strong engineering culture.
- Benefits: Up to £150,000 salary, share options, hybrid working, and career progression.
- Other info: Collaborate with top engineers in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Why this job: Tackle large-scale engineering challenges and influence technical direction.
- Qualifications: Experience in Scala, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Up to £150,000 + Share Options + Excellent Benefits
Are you a Senior Scala Engineer who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges at scale? I'm partnering with a highly successful US-owned technology business with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion, currently expanding its Manchester engineering function. This is a rare opportunity to join a genuinely high-performing engineering team building distributed systems that process vast amounts of data and power critical products used globally.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Scala Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and developing highly scalable backend systems, influencing technical direction, and helping to shape the future of a rapidly growing engineering organisation. Working alongside some of the industry's strongest engineers, you'll tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimise performance at scale, and contribute to a culture that values innovation, ownership and technical excellence.
What You'll Be Doing
- Designing and building high-performance backend services using Scala
- Developing distributed systems capable of operating at significant scale
- Driving architecture decisions and influencing engineering best practice
- Collaborating with product, platform and infrastructure teams
- Mentoring engineers and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
- Identifying opportunities to improve system reliability, scalability and performance
- Participating in technical discussions and long-term platform strategy
What I'm Looking For
- Strong commercial experience developing software with Scala
- Background building scalable, cloud-native applications and distributed systems
- Experience working within a FAANG organisation or another high-performing, large-scale technology environment
- Strong understanding of software architecture, microservices and event-driven systems
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Passion for engineering excellence and delivering high-quality software
What's On Offer
- Salary up to £150,000
- Meaningful share options package
- Hybrid working model (2 days per week in Manchester)
- Opportunity to work on genuinely large-scale engineering challenges
- Modern technology stack and engineering-first culture
- Excellent career progression opportunities
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a financially secure, globally recognised business that combines the backing and stability of a billion-dollar organisation with the engineering culture and innovation mindset typically associated with leading technology companies. If you're looking for a role where you'll be challenged technically, work alongside exceptional engineers and have genuine influence over large-scale systems, we'd love to hear from you.
Head of Software Engineering employer: Morson Edge (Technology)
Join a leading US-owned technology business in Manchester, where you'll be part of a high-performing engineering team dedicated to solving complex challenges at scale. With a strong focus on innovation and technical excellence, the company offers excellent benefits, meaningful share options, and a hybrid working model, all while providing ample opportunities for career progression in a supportive and collaborative work culture.
