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RISK IDENT is a dynamic software development company based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2012, our team became one of the market leaders within fraud prevention in the German speaking market in a very short period of time. Today, as an independent company within the OTTO Group RISK IDENT has a strong customer base, the majority of our customers coming from e-commerce, telecommunications, mobility and financial services. We secure more than 80 billion euros of annual turnover against fraud for our customers. We have an innovative SaaS business model with an excellent market position. Our team consists of around 80 people from all over the world with every single one of them loving what they do. We are always on the lookout for new challenges and for smart people to accompany us along the way!
Join our FRIDA2 team as a Scala Developer (d/f/m) and make a real impact in the fight against fraud. We develop and maintain core services for our fraud prevention platform FRIDA2. As part of our cross-functional engineering team, consisting of backend and frontend engineers, you will be involved in the full software lifecycle, from design and implementation to operation and monitoring, while helping to evolve the platform's architecture. Our microservice architecture is built for scalability and performance. We own our components end-to-end, giving you real responsibility and the freedom to make key decisions on how requirements are implemented. We follow agile practices, collaborate closely (e.g. pair programming, code reviews) and value open, constructive communication.
Responsibilities
- You will design and implement backend services in Scala, applying functional programming principles with libraries like Cats, Cats Effect, and ZIO.
- Together with the engineering team and other stakeholders you will shape product features and architecture.
- You will deploy and operate services in production, ensuring reliability through CI/CD, metrics, and logging.
- Within distributed systems you will address challenges such as eventual consistency and resiliency.
- You will measure, monitor and continuously improve service performance and maintainability through testing, refactoring, and simplification.
Qualifications
- You have practical experience in at least one JVM-based language.
- Ideally you are familiar with Scala and functional programming (ZIO, Cats, Cats Effect a plus).
- Knowledge of distributed systems, service-oriented architectures and API design is beneficial.
- You are comfortable working with messaging systems (e.g. Kafka) and have solid experience with containerization (Docker; Kubernetes a plus).
- You are skilled in operating and monitoring production systems.
- Fluency in English (German is not required).
- Willingness to take responsibility and realize your own ideas from day one.
Nice-to-have / Benefits
- Relocation support and a collaborative, eye-level work environment.
- Generous remote work guidelines, innovation days, internal coaching and training sessions, and a budget for conferences and external training.
- Access to online learning platforms (Udemy and Masterplan) and social/volunteer days.
- Flexible hardware choices and allowances (Linux or MacOS, lunch and transport allowances, bike leasing).
- Mental health initiatives and support for travel expenses to company events for remote employees.
- Discounts via partner platforms and Otto Group Corporate Benefits, plus in-office perks like drinks and fruit.
In the office in Hamburg: various free drinks and organic fruit; shower facilities to support active lunch breaks or a bike ride to work.
Relocation support: constant contact person, issuing documents, help with public offices, translation support, etc. … and many more!
Note: The posting may include references to program-specific or company-specific internal terms; the core content above reflects responsibilities, qualifications, and benefits related to the Scala Developer role.
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- Engineering and Information Technology
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- Technology, Information and Internet
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