Software engineer backend Scala

About Writer

Writer is the fullstack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for the worlds leading enterprises. Named one of the top 50 companies in AI by Forbes and one of the best places to work by Inc. Magazine Writer empowers hundreds of customers like Accenture Intuit LOreal Mars Salesforce and Vanguard to transform the way they work.

Writers fully integrated solution makes it easy to deploy secure and reliable AI applications and agents that solve missioncritical business challenges. Our suite of development tools is powered by Palmyra Writers stateoftheart family of LLMs alongside our industryleading graphbased RAG and customizable AI guardrails.

Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco New York City Austin Chicago and London our team of over 250 employees thinks big and moves fast and were looking for smart hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work.

About this role

Writer is seeking a talented Backend Engineer with deep functional programming and Scala experience to join our dynamic team and contribute to our groundbreaking projects in the enterprise generative AI space.

At Writer we believe in using the power of AI to unlock the potential of the enterprise. With the help of our Backend Engineer we can continue to build the most advanced language model available in the industry and revolutionize how companies interact with AI.

As a Backend Engineer you will play a crucial role in designing developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure that powers our systems. You will collaborate closely with our crossfunctional teams to build scalable and efficient solutions. Your expertise in Scala will be instrumental in implementing robust and highperformance backend services.

Your responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain backend systems and APIs using Scala and related technologies

• Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to integrate AI models into the backend infrastructure

• Optimize and scale backend services to handle large volumes of data and ensure high performance

• Implement data storage and retrieval mechanisms ensuring data integrity and security.

• Work closely with frontend developers to define and implement APIs that meet the requirements of the user interface

• Collaborate with SREs to deploy and monitor backend services in a cloud environment

• Conduct code reviews provide constructive feedback and ensure adherence to coding standards

• Stay uptodate with the latest industry trends and technologies and proactively suggest improvements to enhance the backend infrastructure

Is this you

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years of recent professional experience in functional programming and Scala

• Proficient in Cats Effect or similar technologies such as ZIO Monix or Scalaz to design develop and maintain highperformance scalable and resilient distributed systems

• Exceptional understanding of backend development principles including RESTful APIs microservices architecture and database design.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS GCP or Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of distributed systems scalability and performance optimization techniques.

• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. Git) and agile development methodologies.

• Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to work in a fastpaced collaborative environment.

• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively articulate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 10 years functional programming experience

• 7 years Scala programming experience

• Several years experience with Cats Effect

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Benefits & perks (US Fulltime employees)

• Generous PTO plus company holidays

• Medical dental and vision coverage for you and your family

• Paid parental leave for all parents 12 weeks)

• Fertility and family planning support

• Earlydetection cancer testing through Galleri

• Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options

• Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution

• Annual worklife stipends for:

  • Home office setup cell phone internet

  • Wellness stipend for gym massage/chiropractor personal training etc.

  • Learning and development stipend

• Companywide offsites and team offsites

• Competitive compensation company stock options and 401k

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