Scala Engineer, Quantexa
Decision Systems
Offers bonus
Helping businesses spot criminal activity in their data
Open for applications
Helping businesses spot criminal activity in their data
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
Offers bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring innovation and confidence in decision-making to every industry in the world by driving the switch to contextual data.
Role
Who you are
- A passion for designing, building and delivering high-quality, well-engineered solutions to complex problems
- A big-picture approach to problem-solving, with care to ensure solutions fit within the wider system
- Commercial experience with Scala and functional programming (we may consider candidates without this if they have relevant commercial experience in another language, e.g. Java, and some non-commercial Scala exposure)
- Experience across the full engineering lifecycle, from design and implementation through to testing and deployment
- The passion and drive to grow within one of the UK’s fastest-growing scale-ups
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and establishing best practices within a team
Desirable
- Working with big data technologies, ideally Spark, but experience with others such as Hadoop or Elasticsearch is also valuable
- Exposure to DevOps tooling and practices (we care deeply about automation and tooling, and even have a dedicated Developer Tooling team)
- Building data processing pipelines for production batch systems, including traditional ETL pipelines and/or analytics pipelines
- Manipulating data - e.g. cleansing, parsing, standardising - particularly where it supports improving data quality and integrity
What the job involves
- The role is focused on Scala development within a skilled engineering team
- Improving risk detection coverage by adding new Scores to detect additional types of Financial Crime
- Building new tooling to allow users to configure detection logic more easily and effectively
- Enhancing the platform so that existing Scores can be applied across a wider range of scenarios
- Improving the performance of the system so even the largest datasets can be analysed efficiently
- Optimising the tooling and pipelines used by the team to deliver high-quality software, such as increasing automated test coverage in our build pipelines
- There are 3 different sub-teams within Decision Systems, each focusing on different areas across the scoring capability within Quantexa. Specifics of the remit and differences between these teams can be shared upon request
- Stakeholder engagement is an essential part of this role, and you'll be working with our product team, delivery teams, clients and partners to design and build high quality solutions
- You will be given the autonomy to see your tasks through the entire development life cycle, from requirements gathering all the way to software release, taking ownership of building new functionality that Quantexa projects will be using in the future
- We have a great team culture, with regular socials and a strong presence in Quantexa’s London office, whilst maintaining a flexible working policy allowing for regular home working
- Come and be a part of the next stage of the growth of our team and Quantexa as a whole!
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Quantexa specialises in data connectivity, offering companies a vital tool to streamline their information. By bringing together diverse data sets and enhancing internal information with external resources, it enables organisations to generate valuable insights, facilitating more informed decision-making processes.
Since its inception in 2016, Quantexa has experienced exponential growth, establishing a global presence with offices spanning various continents. Its clientele includes prestigious names such as HSBC and Shell, underscoring its reputation as a trusted partner in the realm of data analysis and interpretation.
Enterprises today recognise the untapped potential within their data repositories, yet many lack the in-house expertise to effectively leverage this resource. Quantexta fills this gap, as evidenced by its strategic collaboration with the British government's Public Sector Fraud Authority, securing a Lucrative £4M contract in 2023. Through this alliance, Quantexa aims to combat fraud within the public sector by applying its advanced analytical capabilities to identify and address fraudulent activities.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Mar 2025
$175m
SERIES F
Apr 2023
$129m
SERIES E
Total funding: $545m
Company benefits
- Pension Scheme with a company contribution of 6% (if you contribute 3%)
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy up to 5 days) + birthday off!
- Health & Wellbeing: Private Healthcare, EAP, Well-being Days, Calm App, Gym Discounts
- Tech & Cycle-to-Work Schemes
Company HQ
Waterloo, London, UK
Leadership
Vishal Marria
(CEO)Previously an Executive Director at EY, and Director of Financial Services at BAE.
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