Senior Scala Engineer in automotive

Intellias is a software provider in the automotive industry. The company develops products used by millions of people worldwide and delivers cloud-based services and data products for industrial equipment, including quoting, ordering, asset telemetry, diagnostics, and lifecycle support.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Scala;
• Build reliable event-processing, notification, and integration services;
• Develop APIs and distributed system components in highly available environments;
• Deliver scalable, fault-tolerant solutions that provide business value;
• Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering decisions;
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis;
• Support integration, acceptance, and quality assurance testing activities;
• Maintain high software quality through testing, reviews, documentation, and best practices;
• Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence within the team;
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in Agile environments;
• Own services throughout their lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and production support.

• 5+ Years of experience with Scala designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining backend services and distributed systems in production;
• 10+ Years of software engineering experience, preferably with Java;
• 5+ Years of experience building distributed systems using Akka or Apache Pekko;
• 5+ Years of experience with AWS;
• Strong experience designing and operating event-driven distributed systems using Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or equivalent messaging platforms;
• Strong experience with functional programming concepts and libraries such as Cats, Cats Effect, or ZIO;
• Hands-on experience with Docker;
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and SQL query development;
• Experience with CI/CD tools and automated deployment pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions;
• Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures and stream-processing systems;
• Experience with microservice architectures;
• Experience working within Agile software development environments;
• Strong understanding of software architecture and solution design;
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives;
• Nice to have: Experience with Java 17+/21, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, Flyway, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks, and experience processing telemetry or event data at scale.

• Remote work is available from Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, or Ukraine;
• 6 Hours overlap with US Central Time (CT) on business days, till 2 pm CT latest;
• Benefits supporting well-being and professional growth;
• Equal opportunity employment with a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.