Founded in 2018, eXalt-Fi is a consulting firm built on intrapreneurship, agility, and innovation. With over 1,300 collaborators, we specialize in Digital Transformation, Financial Services, Product & Project Management, and Technology (development, cloud, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity).
Since 2025, our Lisbon and Porto offices support major financial institutions, delivering impactful IT and business solutions within an international environment.
About the Client
We are supporting one of our clients, a leading international financial institution, in reinforcing its technology teams. Operating as a global hub, the teams deliver advanced IT solutions and trading platforms that are critical to the bank’s business success across global markets.
The Role
As a Senior Scala Developer, you will be responsible for building, enhancing, and optimizing large-scale, high-performance applications supporting trading and risk systems. Working in close collaboration with business stakeholders, quants, and technology experts, you will deliver reliable and scalable solutions that directly support global markets operations.
This role requires strong expertise in distributed systems and a passion for writing clean, performant, and maintainable code in demanding financial environments.
Your Responsibilities
* Design, develop, and maintain core applications using Scala.
* Contribute to the modernization and optimization of distributed and data-intensive systems.
* Collaborate with traders, quants, and business analysts to deliver robust technology solutions.
* Apply best practices in functional programming, concurrency, and system scalability.
* Ensure code quality through testing, peer reviews, and documentation.
* Work with complementary technologies (Java, Python, Spark, Kafka) where relevant.
Key Skills & Experience
Must-have:
* Proven experience as a Scala Developer in complex, large-scale systems.
* Strong expertise in functional programming principles.
* Background in distributed systems and data processing frameworks.
* Familiarity with multithreading and performance optimization.
* Proficiency with SQL/NoSQL databases.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and communication abilities.
* Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
This is a unique opportunity for a seasoned Scala developer to apply strong functional programming and distributed systems expertise within a high-impact financial environment, directly contributing to the success of a major international player.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting
Industries
* Investment Banking
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