Scala Engineer

At commercetools, we are:

Engaged: We didn't become the fastest growing, highest ever valued SaaS software company in digital commerce with nearly 100% year-over-year growth by sitting on the sidelines.

Inspired: We continually explore what's possible. As the founder of the headless commerce concept, the leader in true composable commerce, and the visionaries behind MACH® — our patented tech has radically disrupted the world of enterprise ecommerce software. And we are just getting started!

Valued: Intelligent, resilient, passionate individuals hailing from over 50 countries across the globe, speaking over 43 languages, and collectively embracing diversity, encouraging inclusion, and fostering a culture of care.

The Opportunity:

Would you like to work with enthusiastic and experienced Software Engineers in a remote, agile and international environment with a modern, evolving tech-stack? Are you thrilled by getting your hands on one of the most innovative eCommerce platforms the world has seen? On top of that you work with passion, love clean code and like to understand the big picture? Sounds like commercetools is the perfect match!

Please note:

*We can only consider applicants within Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.

*We are considering applicants for both mid-level and senior-level.

Your Mission:

• Design and implement our PaaS eCommerce backend in Scala as well as working with database mappings and web service APIs
• Design, develop and test the APIs that enable a flexible and smooth checkout experience for each store our customers have around the world
• Develop a scalable and multi-tenant architecture
• Participate and contribute to the team’s roadmap, technical decisions and planning, both by producing quality proposals, giving meaningful feedback and driving alignment
• Test software components regarding usability, functionality and performance, and work closely with Product Management
• Taking part in on-call rotation (with the worldwide distributed team) for production systems

What you need to succeed:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Backend Engineer developing server-side systems on the JVM using Scala
• Firm understanding of functional programming
• Solid understanding of parallel and asynchronous programming, as well as non-blocking I/O
• Experience in developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable architectures
• Fluent English for work in international teams
• Aspiration to constantly improve yourself and learn new technologies and concepts

Nice to have:

• Experience working with GraphQL
• Experience working with MongoDB or other noSQL databases

Tech at commercetools:

We Are Open Source And Innovative By Design

🚀 We use Scala, Cats, MongoDB, Kubernetes, and GraphQL

📋 We share & contribute to the open source community:

⚙️ We <3 Automation and Machine Learning

We care about your Growth and Well-being

☀️ Remote Work: Up to 60 days/year from a country different from your base country

💻 Open Learning & Development Budget

📚 ct Academy: Regular internal training sessions

⌚️ Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees

🚀 Mindset & Growth: A diverse, creative workspace with an international culture & learning environment

Are you ready? Come grow with us!

🔍 Are you looking for something else? Check out our Career Page and our Website for more information.

We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.

commercetools celebrates being a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If your professional profile aligns with our specific hiring requirements and company culture, then we encourage you to apply. We will assess your competencies, future potential, approach to learning and self-development and passion, and not your age, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, genetics, or disability.