Engineer - Software Engineering

We’re partnered with an AI-native customer experience platform that’s transforming how ecommerce brands support and engage with their customers through intelligent AI Agents. They’re now looking to hire a Senior Scala Software Engineer with strong Scala experience to help scale a high-performance backend platform powering some of the world’s leading retail brands. This is a backend-focused engineering role, working across distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API integrations within a modern functional Scala environment. You’ll join a highly technical product engineering team building scalable systems that sit at the core of a rapidly growing AI product used internationally across ecommerce and customer support environments. Company Culture: Hybrid working - 3 days per week in the London High-autonomy engineering environment with strong ownership and trust Strong focus on learning, experimentation, and modern engineering practices International team working at the intersection of AI, ecommerce, and customer experience 34 days holiday including your birthday off ~ AI training and tooling access ~ Lifestyle and wellbeing allowance ~ Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI products at scale Building backend services and platform functionality using Scala Building maintainable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems Helping scale a modern AI platform used by global ecommerce brands Commercial experience building backend systems with Scala, including experience with modern Scala tooling and libraries Strong understanding of functional programming principles Backend & Distributed Systems Engineering Experience designing and building microservices architectures Experience with PostgreSQL and relational databases Understanding of scalable cloud-native architecture and deployment practices