Backend Developer at ClearScore

About The Role

• You will work with the ClearScore South Africa team to integrate partners and optimise the product for the local market
• Our global microservices architecture is built primarily on Akka Http using Scala
• We embrace the 'You build it, you run it' principle, so you'll be working with AWS, Kubernetes and Spinnaker to release your code to production
• We have adopted a Quality Assistance program, so you'll be working alongside QA to build, test, release and monitor your work
• Our delivery teams are cross-functional and you will be collaborating closely with other developers, QA, data analysts and product managers
• We value TDD and detailed peer-reviewing, as it enables us to do frequent yet resilient releases to global markets (we even did a PR on this job spec!)
• It's preferrable that you have experience with Scala however some members of the backend team have learnt Scala on the job, so we have all the resources and support available, if you are willing and keen to learn
• We're always looking for ways to do things better and encourage new joiners to bring their ideas and ways of working to the table

Requirements
What You Would Be Doing

• Deploying your code to production, affecting millions of users globally, within your first couple of days of joining
• Using your experience with Scala to write new features to attract new customers and improving our current features to engage existing customers better
• Integrating with new partners so that we can tackle underserved markets and offer our customers better deals
• Influencing the direction of critical ClearScore services and building the tools that allow us to scale rapidly
• Owning the backend technical function for ClearScore South Africa
• Mentoring and developing Junior team members

Benefits

• Holidays – 20 paid holidays and a “duvet day” on your birthday
• Medical Aid
• Pension
• Flexible work hours and the ability to work from home
• Flexible, generous and personalised maternity and paternity plans
• Monthly team events and office days out that we get to choose, and company events at the end of each race and retro

Hit apply for a chat with our team to see if this role is a great fit for you.