Playtech is hiring a

Principal Software Engineer (Scala)

Kyiv, Ukraine
Full-Time

Your influential mission. You will... 

  • Participate in software design, development, refactoring, support and code reviews to maintain high development standards. 
  • Collaborate with platform teams to deliver great results 
  • Be teaching, mentoring, growing, knowledge-sharing and provide advice to other team members 
  • Work autonomously on your tasks without supervision 
  • Work closely with complex enterprise-level business logic and be willing to support and improve existing functionality  
  • Optimize the platform by constantly searching for areas to improve 
  • Be proactive and go beyond expectations 

Components for success. You... 

  • Have strong experience developing server-side in Scala for at least 4 years 
  • Have strong experience in system design architecture Understanding of JVM, data structures and algorithms 
  • Have excellent knowledge of parallel and concurrent programming 
  • Have experience with Pekko/Akka Actor, Cluster, Persistence and Streams 
  • Have proven experience developing high-scale distributed systems with complex interfaces and integrations  
  • Are self-motivated, initiative, quick learner, team player 
  • Are exceptional problem-solving prowess 
  • Are driven to document, share knowledge and cooperate with colleagues 
  • Have good communication in English 

Thrive in a culture that values...  

  • Empowerment, support, and mentoring  
  • Constant learning and development opportunities  
  • Active lifestyle and mental well-being  
  • Fun company events 

GPAS (Gaming Platform as a Service) Unit 

Playtech’s exclusive distributed games delivery platform hosts 900+ games. It’s a scalable, distributed, event-driven system written in Scala using the Pekko (formerly Akka) framework. Our storage setup includes Couchbase (hot storage) and AWS S3/DynamoDB (cold storage), enabling us to handle nearly a billion transactions daily. Our architecture supports various game types, and we follow Scrum methodology for timely feature delivery. Our team works with Scala 3, SBT, Pekko (Http, Cluster, Persistence, Streams etc), Couchbase, AWS S3 and DynamoDB, Play JSON, ScalaTest, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad

Playtech 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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