Scala Developer

As a Scala Developer at Riskified, your main responsibilities will revolve around building and maintaining robust backend solutions. You'll work closely with product and design teams from the feature planning stage through to deployment in a CI/CD environment. This includes designing code and architecture, crafting generic services and infrastructure libraries, and ensuring high-quality deliverables that boost efficiency for product teams and offer significant support for our clients' fraud management needs.

To apply for the Scala Developer position at Riskified, candidates should possess a B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field, along with over 5 years of hands-on server-side coding experience. Proficiency in Scala, or equivalent experience in languages like Kotlin, Haskell, or Rust is required, along with familiarity with microservices architecture and database technologies, both SQL and NoSQL. A self-driven approach to software development is being sought as well.

In the role of Scala Developer at Riskified, you will work with a diverse set of technologies, including Scala, Cats Effect, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Elasticsearch, among others. This means you'll have the chance to engage with cutting-edge tools that drive our innovative fraud management solutions forward while enhancing your technical skillset.

At Riskified, we value collaboration and innovation. As a Scala Developer, you will work in a semi-remote hybrid environment, teaming up with incredible colleagues to enhance our product offerings. Our workspace in Tel Aviv is modern and designed to foster creativity and productivity, ensuring that you have a conducive atmosphere to thrive both individually and collectively.

Absolutely! At Riskified, we are committed to the continuous professional growth of our employees. As a Scala Developer, you will have access to various resources including skills-based courses, global onboarding, and full access to Udemy. Additionally, our team regularly holds lunch and learns to facilitate knowledge sharing and foster learning opportunities within our collaborative environment.

When answering this question, you should provide a brief overview of your journey with Scala, highlighting specific projects where you've implemented Scala for backend solutions. Discuss your hands-on experience, any relevant frameworks utilized, and the impact your contributions made to those projects, ensuring to tie this back to the skills and qualifications Riskified is seeking.

In your response, emphasize the importance of understanding both user requirements and technical constraints. Discuss how you would conduct a thorough analysis of the project's goals, followed by outlining your approach to technology selection, data flow design, and scalability considerations. Highlight any past experiences where you successfully delivered architectural designs.

To answer this question, outline specific strategies such as utilizing caching mechanisms, optimizing database queries, and considering load balancing techniques. You might also want to share any tools you’ve used for performance monitoring and the outcomes of your optimization efforts in previous projects.

Share your experiences with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment processes, emphasizing tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD that you have used. Discuss how these practices contribute to more efficient development cycles and the quality of releases, providing examples of how you have implemented CI/CD in past roles.

Articulate what microservices architecture is and how it differs from monolithic architecture. Discuss the advantages, such as scalability, flexibility, and improved fault isolation. Provide examples in which you successfully applied microservices in your past roles and the benefits it brought to those projects.

Discuss both SQL and NoSQL database technologies you've worked with, sharing insights into which you prefer for certain use cases and why. Highlight your best practices for database schema design and query optimization, providing examples from previous projects to illustrate your experience.

When responding, detail your experience with AWS services relevant to backend development, such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, etc. Discuss specific projects where you utilized these services and how they contributed to the functionality or scalability of your solutions.

Describe your systematic approach to debugging, such as utilizing logging, profiling, and monitoring tools to gather information. Discuss processes you follow to isolate issues effectively and any relevant tools or frameworks you leverage for troubleshooting backend systems.

Discuss the critical nature of teamwork in achieving high-quality outcomes in development projects. Share examples of how collaboration with product teams, designers, and fellow developers has positively influenced project results and team morale.

Choose a specific instance that showcases your problem-solving skills. Describe the challenge, the steps you took to address it, and the eventual resolution. Highlight teamwork, creativity, and the technical skills you applied to overcome the issue effectively.