Backend Engineer (Scala)

Hi there, potential colleague! Join us in our mission to become a driver of positive change in the eyewear industry.

Ace & Tate is a cutting-edge eyewear company that is revolutionising the way people experience and purchase glasses. We have a strong scale-up mentality and we are passionate about combining sustainability, innovative design, high-quality materials and affordability to provide our customers with the perfect eyewear solutions.

We are looking for a brilliant Backend Engineer (Scala) to join our team. As a Backend Engineer (Scala), you will play a key role in developing and maintaining the backbone of our company, which is our platform. You will be working in a small, international team to design, implement and optimise software solutions that enhance our e-commerce platform, streamline business processes, and bring ideas forward that will have a direct impact on our business and our customers. 

This position is immediately available (32- 40 hours) at our HQ at the Singel in Amsterdam. As part of a hybrid team you'll collaborate with colleagues living in Spain, France, Luxembourg, Portugal & The Netherlands.  

You'll be...

• Participating in the full web development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment
• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and high-performance backend applications using Scala and related technologies.
• Working in a reactive system (with event sourcing, CQRS and message-driven microservices) in a Google Cloud environment using Lagom, Kubernetes and Kafka. 
• Further improve our way of working with the experience you have in your agile way of working and strong focus on automation.
• Working on integrations with other Ace & Tate systems as well as third party integrations
• Engaging in continuous testing, bug fixing, automation and code reviews to maintain high-quality standards

You...

• Write pragmatic code that gets the job done, is easy to read, maintainable and performant
• Have professional experience with Scala, Java, or Kotlin
• Have a passion for staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends
• Have proven ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid, cross-functional team environment.
• Have excellent communication skills, enabling you to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members.
• Are fluent in English.

Nice if you have…

• Experience with GCP, AWS or other cloud platforms
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing and Reactive Architectures
• Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka and Terraform

What's in it for you...

• A competitive salary, if needed we can offer visa sponsorship
• A flexible hybrid work environment
• 25 holidays per year (based on full time) plus additional tenure based days (2 extra days after 1 year and 3 days extra after 2 years of employment)
• Company pension plan
• Travel reimbursement if you live more than 10kms from our HQ
• Wellbeing: a collab with ClassPass and free access to unlimited mental health support via our partner OpenUp
• Continuous free updates of your eyewear collection plus great discounts!
• Daily nutritious lunch and healthy snacks 
• Participation in events planned by our CultureClub (e.g. Borrel XXL, &talks, holiday gifting, ...)

Jeez, that was a lot. Still with us? If you are, and you’re thinking that you might fit this profile, please apply via the form below. We’d love to hear from you! 

Ace & Tate is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment for all current and potential employees.