Scala/Play Developer CGEMJP00363436

Role Title: Scala/Play Developer

Duration: contract to run until 02/07/2027

Location: Telford. Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite

Rate: up to £637.56 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Role Purpose / Summary

We are seeking experienced Scala / Play Developers to support delivery of a major UK government digital transformation programme.

The role will involve designing, developing, testing and supporting Scala-based microservices within established multidisciplinary Agile teams. Contractors will work across the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through to deployment, monitoring and live-service support.

Key Skills

• Strong commercial Scala development experience
• Play Framework
• Microservices development
• Unit and integration testing
• TDD
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Agile delivery
• Application design and architecture
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability
  
  

Desirable

• Cloud infrastructure experience
• Application security
• Automated deployment and monitoring
• High-availability digital services
• Large-scale public sector transformation experience
  
  

Responsibilities Include

• Delivering Scala / Play microservices against agreed requirements
• Producing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Contributing to technical design and architecture
• Supporting deployment, monitoring and live services
• Working collaboratively with engineering and multidisciplinary delivery teams
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for technical improvement
• Sharing knowledge and contributing to engineering standards and best practice
  
  

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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