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Scala Engineer (Trading)

SwissBorgPosted 4/11/2025

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Scala Engineer (Trading)

SwissBorg

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Job Summary

SwissBorg is seeking a Senior Scala Engineer to contribute to the development of their flagship app. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of trading systems, experience with Scala, and a keen interest in Crypto/Web3. As a member of the engineering team, you will identify requirements for backend architecture design, solve challenging problems, write automated tests, and optimize code performance. You will also own your services, provide technical guidance, and participate in continuous improvement of the overall technical architecture. SwissBorg offers a training and development budget, latest MacBook Pro, flexible working hours, vacation days, company-wide retreats, and an inclusive culture. The position is remote and available in Europe Timezone.

Job Description

At SwissBorg, our mission is to build a spectrum of investment experiences that help people redefine wealth. Our app has over 790,000+ verified users, offering the best price and liquidity across 16 fiat currencies to buy 90+ cryptocurrencies. Users can earn yield, diversify their portfolios with our themed crypto bundles, and gain access to exclusive alpha investment opportunities.
SwissBorg is looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to play a vital role in the back-end development of SwissBorg's flagship app.
You will join a great team and have a chance to build and own your products, witnessing real-time impact when your code gets deployed into production. You will immediately see your value and be valued as part of our great squad.
Our stack includes: 
Libraries: Cats Effect 3, Tapir, Sttp, Fs2, Pekko
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, PostgreSQL, Kafka
Architecture: microservices, Event Sourcing, Reactive
There are endless opportunities at SwissBorg, you will join a talented engineering department working with some of the best Scala Engineers in Europe. From us, you can expect an environment that offers transparency and promotes a healthy work-life balance to enable you to do your best and a team of humble and motivated engineers.

As a Scala Engineer you will:

    • Identify requirements for backend architecture design and API with the engineering team
    • Solve challenging problems in the context of finance and distributed systems
    • Write rigorous automated tests and ensure code quality and documentation
    • Optimise the code for performance
    • Support and coach junior team members
    • Own your services, from tech design to deployment and monitoring
    • Help the product to design the requirements for a feature, providing technical guidance early in the process
    • Take part in the continuous improvement of the overall technical architecture

About you:

    • A strong understanding of trading systems and deep familiarity with the trading domain with a particular emphasis on arbitrage strategies and is highly desirable
    • Highly experienced with Scala
    • Strong sense of ownership and entrepreneurial thinking - customer value should be your key driver
    • Must have a keen interest in Crypto/Web3
Please submit your CV in English.
What we can offer you:
Training and development budget 
The latest MacBook Pro
BORG welcome bonus 
Flexible working hours - we believe in outcome over output
Vacation days + local bank holidays
Company wide retreats
At SwissBorg, we embrace diversity. We strongly believe that getting the best outcome requires different perspectives and backgrounds. We’re committed to openness, curiosity and creating an inclusive culture because we know that diverse teams build better products and generate better ideas. We strongly encourage applications from everyone!
To ensure a safe & welcoming space, please feel free to let us know of anything you require to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to the recruitment process.

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