At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to design and develop scalable backend services using Scala.
- Company: Sage, a leader in cloud-based enterprise solutions with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Generous bonuses, 25 days leave, hybrid work, and ongoing training opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with excellent career growth and support for personal development.
- Why this job: Make an impact on a large-scale product while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in backend development, especially with Scala and cloud environments.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
hackajob is collaborating with Sage to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
We are looking for a Backend Developer to join our HCM Localisation engineering team and help evolve a large-scale, cloud-based enterprise product.
This role is focused on building and maintaining scalable backend services supporting complex product workflows, integrations, performance improvements, and ongoing platform modernisation.
Please note: This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in our Newcastle office
In this role you'll
- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using Scala 2.13 and Play Framework in a Pekko-based environment.
- Build clean, testable, and maintainable code using functional programming principles, immutability, pattern matching, and asynchronous programming with Futures.
- Work with My SQL to design efficient data access patterns, optimize queries, tune indexes, and profile database performance.
- Develop, deploy, and support services in AWS, working closely with Dev Ops and platform teams to ensure reliable delivery.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, Git-based pull request workflows, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, QA, product owners, solution designers, and other backend developers to deliver high-quality product increments.
- Support production stability by investigating issues, improving observability, and continuously reducing technical debt.
- Required Skills and
Experience
- Professional backend development experience, ideally in enterprise, Saa S, or cloud-based product environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Scala, including collections, Futures, immutability, pattern matching, error handling, and clean functional design.
- Commercial experience with Play Framework or comparable JVM backend frameworks; Pekko or Akka experience is highly relevant.
- Strong understanding of relational databases, especially My SQL, with practical knowledge of SQL optimization, indexes, query profiling, and transaction behaviour.
- Experience using Redis or similar technologies for caching, session handling, or performance-sensitive workloads.
- Deep understanding of OOP principles, functional programming, concurrency, the Scala type system, and advanced architectural patterns (e. g., Tagless Final, type classes, effect systems).
- Ability to design and evolve complex distributed systems while promoting engineering best practices across the team
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-native delivery practices.
- Good understanding of CI/CD, Git, branching strategies, pull request flows, automated testing, and release practices.
- Ability to work effectively in distributed Agile teams, communicate clearly, and take ownership of complex technical problems.
- Nice to
Have
- Experience with Squeryl, Doobie, or similar Scala data access libraries.
- Familiarity with Grafana or Kibana dashboards, alerting, logging, and production observability practices.
- Experience with large distributed systems, horizontal scaling, resilient service design, or high-throughput Play / Pekko applications.
- Previous experience in Payroll, HR, HCM, ERP, compliance-heavy, or localisation-focused product domains.
- Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish language skills would be beneficial, but are not essential.
- Ways of
Working
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and able to balance new feature development with maintenance, bug fixing, and technical improvement work.
- Proactive in code reviews, design discussions, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.
- Strong problem-solving mindset, attention to detail, and willingness to work with an established codebase while helping modernise it over time.
Want to know more about our Product?
Benefits? We have plenty Video
- Generous bonuses and pension scheme: Up to 8% matched pension contribution plus 2% top-up by Sage.
- 25 days of paid annual leave with the option to buy up to another 5 days.
- 8 bank holiday days.
- Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation.
- 50% income protection.
- Holiday buy sell.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- Hybrid working.
- Healthy Mind app membership
- Access to various helpful memberships for finances, health and wellbeing.
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Developer - Scala employer: Sage
At Sage, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters innovation and growth. Our high-performing culture encourages creativity and collaboration, providing graduates with structured training, mentorship from industry experts, and opportunities to make a meaningful impact through initiatives like the Sage Foundation. With a commitment to employee well-being and a hybrid work model, you'll thrive in an environment that values your contributions and supports your career journey from day one.
