Scala Engineer

Kunai is a fast-growing digital consultancy focused on banking, payments, and fintech powered by a global network that attracts the best and brightest people from all backgrounds and cultures, driven by innovation and experimentation, spread across almost every single continent. Over the past decade, we've shipped over 150 products for clients that include Visa, American Express, Capital One, WEX, Wells Fargo, Ernst & Young, and TOMS Shoes. Our founders built a previous agency (Monsoon) that was acquired by Capital One in 2015.

Kunai is looking for a full-time Scala Engineer to join our team. You will help our engineering team bring new products across the finish line for our fintech clients. You'll work across the tech stack, tackle new skills, and show up ready for anything. Your role will be challenging, fun, and interesting.

You will:

• Work on immutable, distributed systems, data streaming, and backend Scala based systems using functional programming
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies including Scala and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure
• Produce and ensure delivery of quality, readable, and well-tested code and bring your passion for technology to motivate and inspire on a day to day basis.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional application development experience
• 4+ years of experience developing applications using functional Scala
• Experience with ZIO Framework
• At least 2 years of experience with AWS including DynamoDB

Nice-to-haves: 

• Experience with functional programming languages (e.g. Scala, Clojure, Haskell, Common Lisp)
• Fintech/banking experience
• 4+ years of experience using open-source web services
• 2+ years of experience with performance tuning and monitoring
• 1+ years of experience with creating and maintaining CICD tooling
• 1+ years of experience in performance and optimization of scaled server systems
• Certified AWS Developer or Architect

At Kunai, we have built deep relationships with our clients. Our bar is high, and our mission is to always exceed our client’s expectations. If you are fanatical about customer success and driven to work on and solve tough technical challenges, we would love to chat with you!