Staff Backend Engineer (Scala)
Gen Digital6 hours ago
Base Salary
$200k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement large-scale backend systems and data-driven internal and partner-facing APIs.
- Define and build an internal software platform that enables teams to deliver reliable features at scale.
- Optimize database schemas for scalable, high-performance backend services.
- Write API documentation, technical documentation, and architectural proposals through the RFC process.
- Review code for readability and maintainability and provide feedback on technical proposals.
- Mentor engineers, guide technical growth, and support hiring and innovation.
- Solve complex technical problems across teams and projects.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, business stakeholders, and external partners on requirements and architecture.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of demonstrated success in senior engineering roles.
- Experience developing and testing in Scala or other JVM languages.
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, functional programming, and database schema design.
- Experience designing highly scalable event-streaming architecture using Kafka, MSK, or an equivalent.
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and RESTful API design.
- Expertise with PostgreSQL and AWS products and tools.
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog or equivalent.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business functions.
- Preferred: customer-facing experience and familiarity with modern DevOps tooling, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and the Scala Lightbend and Typelevel ecosystems.
- Preferred familiarity with Slick, Play, Play JSON, http4s, doobie, skunk, circe, cats, cats-effect, and Debezium.
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About Gen Digital
Gen Digital is a public consumer cyber safety company that sells subscription software and services for cybersecurity, online privacy, and identity protection under brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender. Formed in 2022 by the merger of NortonLifeLock and Avast, it is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and serves more than 150 countries with a user base approaching 500 million. Revenue comes primarily from direct-to-consumer subscriptions and partnerships.