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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong commercial experience with Scala.Experience using the Play Framework.Experience developing RESTful microservices.Strong knowledge of unit and integration testing.Experience working within Agile delivery teams.Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.Cloud platform experience, preferably AWS.CI/CD and DevOps experience.Knowledge of application security principles.Experience with containerisation technologies.Public sector or large-scale enterprise project experience. Responsibilities: Develop high-quality applications using Scala and the Play Framework.Build and maintain cloud-based microservices.Deliver user stories within Agile Scrum teams.Write clean, well-tested code using TDD.Develop unit and integration tests.Participate in pair programming and code reviews.Support applications through deployment and production.Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.Collaborate with multidisciplinary delivery teams.Drive continuous improvement across engineering practices. Technologies: AWSCI/CDCloudDevOpsSupportPlay FrameworkScalaSecurityTDDmicroservices More:
We are hiring a Scala Engineer for a 6-month contract in Telford with a hybrid working model of 2 days per week onsite and a day rate of £470 inside IR35. You will join a high-performing Agile team delivering a major government digital transformation programme, building secure, scalable cloud-based services that improve the way millions of people access essential public services. This is an opportunity to work with modern technologies, cloud-native architectures, and collaborative engineering teams while contributing to services used across the UK.
last updated 31 week of 2026