QAD, Inc.

Senior Server (Scala) Engineer

United Kingdom full-time Senior GBP110,000 - GBP115,000
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About the role

Responsibilities:

To develop and maintain the QAD Redzone API Backend (Scala), ensuring a seamless and efficient user experience for manufacturing front-line teams.

Develop and maintain the MCP server to support AI integrations, enhancing our internal tooling capabilities.

Improve the use of OpenSearch within the backend application

Complete delivery work committed during the sprint to achieve business goals.

Help the business maintain a competitive edge by leveraging the latest Scala and Web technologies.

Provide subject matter expertise during incidents to resolve customer issues quickly.

Participate in forums to explore interests outside of the sprint work and contribute ideas to continuously improve the system.

Commit to the team to help the team and the wider business achieve our goals.

Write testable and maintainable code.

5+ years of relevant professional experience as a Backend Engineer

Required languages: Scala (5+ years) and Java

Computer skills:

API-first design using Open Api Spec (OAS)

Generating Tapir endpoints and models from OAS

Knowledgeable of maintaining versioned API contracts

Transforming objects with Chimney

Async programming with Cats Effect

Publishing and consuming Avro formatted Kafka messages

Relational table design with PostgreSQL

Transactional database access with Slick or Doobie

Knowledgeable of database migration patterns, such as, expand and contract

Writing observable and testable code using libraries such as Specs2 and ScalaMock

Comfortable refactoring and building in large legacy code bases

Modularized programming mentality

Trunk Based Development

Launch Darkly Feature Flagging

CI/CD GitHub Actions

AWS Cloud

Kubernetes (EKS)

Docker

Compensation Package:

Base pay range: $110,000-115,000 GBP Annual (12 Months)

Placement within our pay range will vary based on knowledge, skills, experience, and market location variations as well as internal peer equity.

This position is also eligible for an annual company performance bonus.

About QAD and QAD Redzone:
QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises.
QAD Redzone helps to enable QAD’s vision for the Adaptive Enterprise. Labor productivity improvements directly impact efficiency. Productive and empowered employees increase the effective capacity of your plant and accelerate time to productivity for new employees giving manufacturers the agility to increase production beyond what was previously possible without having to invest in production equipment or new plants, and reduce the amount and impact of employee attrition. Empowered employees with a growth mindset take extreme ownership of challenges that impact their production goals, creating resilience in the face of disruption.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Redzone helps manufacturers make more stuff for less while greatly improving the employee experience. While there is a lot of hype around digital transformation, the factory of the future, and Industry 4.0, the focus has been on the equipment and technology – not the people. At Redzone, we are all about the people, what we call “the connected worker.” We make frontline teams more engaged and more productive so their lives improve while contributing to positive business outcomes. We do this by combining exceptional software and world class coaching, giving our customers an average productivity increase of 22% in 90 days. Redzone brings together Production, Maintenance and Quality teams, improving the communications between those teams to resolve issues and increase output. Decision-making happens on the shop floor by the people doing the work, in real time, for immediate impact and a better overall employee experience.
With over 1000 customers, 2,000 plants, and 500,000 users, Redzone is changing the way people work – one plant at a time.
This is a full-time position for direct hire to QAD-no visa sponsorship available. Employee must be currently located in the UK, no relocation assistance available.
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