Senior Scala Developer with Go

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner with over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries. They specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products. In the CEE region, they have nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for well-known clients, working with technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Scala and functional programming.
• Professional experience in Go or ability to work across both Scala and Go codebases.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and high-throughput production environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, particularly S3 and EKS.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven or asynchronous architectures.
• Experience with the Lightbend ecosystem, particularly Akka.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Jenkins, and New Relic.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle, including source control, CI/CD, and different testing approaches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity, quality, or decision-making in software delivery.

Nice to have:

• Experience applying GenAI within the SDLC, including workflows, prompt patterns, or tool integrations.
• Interest and familiarity with emerging AI-driven practices such as agent-based workflows, automation patterns, and AI-augmented development.

• Designing and implementing scalable software solutions using Scala and Go in a distributed environment.
• Working with event-driven and asynchronous architectures using Kafka.
• Building and supporting high-throughput systems in production.
• Working with AWS services, including S3 and EKS, across cloud, container, database, and storage environments.
• Contributing to the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD and testing.
• Evaluating technical trade-offs against business requirements and collaborating with stakeholders.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.