Scala Engineer, Kaluza

• Backend and/or full stack development experience
• Experience with Scala
• Evidence of working with a breadth of tooling from CI/CD pipelines to Infrastructure As Code
• Evidence of proactively & independently solving problems, as well evidence showing your ability to pair on development or problem-solving tasks
• An enthusiasm to learn new technologies and about new domains
• We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you

Desirable

• The API Platform team is a newly combined team of software engineers within the Client Integrations squad responsible for building & supporting the retail platform-critical components of Kaluza’s GraphQL API (KaPI) & event gateway (KEG) solutions
• Our vision is that Kaluza is the easiest, most intuitive retail platform with which to integrate - our API Platform sits alongside our other large-scale analytical offering (KDM) to provide a coherent, low latency way for retail clients to maintain and find their data
• Core technology-wise, we use Scala, GraphQL and DynamoDB, alongside Kafka & Avro. We deploy on to our internal Kubernetes platform with Terraform & Aiven as our IaC and GitHub for code repositories and workflows.
• As an engineer within the API Platform team, you’ll play a crucial part in both developing and support the KaPI and KEG products; in particular:
• Working on a mixture of discovery/spike tasks, tech debt and core delivery tickets on our backlog
• Providing in-hours support for KaPI and/or KEG as part of our team rota
• Playing an active part in our team’s weekly planning, daily stand-ups and regular ops health, backlog refinement and retros
• Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future
• Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life
• With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen
• At Kaluza we embrace a flexible, hybrid work model that balances autonomy with the power of in-person connection. Many of our teams find value in coming together regularly to collaborate, strengthen relationships, and accelerate progress. We’re focused on shaping thoughtful, team-driven approaches that support both business impact and individual well-being
• Where in the world of Kaluza will I be working?
• You'll be joining the Kaluza Technology community. We’re a diverse group of both data-led and product-focused engineers, pushing the boundaries of technology and working at an extraordinary scale. We strive for engineering quality & innovation, continuously improving our best practices across our highly collaborative community
• The API Platform team is a newly combined team of software engineers within the Client Integrations squad responsible for building & supporting the retail platform-critical components of Kaluza’s GraphQL API (KaPI) & event gateway (KEG) solutions. Our vision is that Kaluza is the easiest, most intuitive retail platform with which to integrate - our API Platform sits alongside our other large-scale analytical offering (KDM) to provide a coherent, low latency way for retail clients to maintain and find their data
• There will also be opportunities to…
• Join in on our squad’s innovation time (and/or Kaluza innovation time)
• Get involved in our team meet-ups & socials, and squad events (e.g. Coffee & Donuts sessions, in-office meet-ups)
• Pair or swarm on improving shared services/products, such as kpi-config
• Represent our team at squad or engineering community level (e.g. Platform health reviews, post-mortems, etc)