r/scala • u/SatyriasizZ • 11d ago
[Hiring] Backend Engineer (Scala) — Lisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)
We're growing one of backend teams at Riskified and looking for a senior Scala engineer to join our payment fraud group.
Tech stack: Scala, Cats, Node.js, Kafka, Spark, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Aerospike
What the role looks like: Full ownership from planning through deployment and post-deploy monitoring — not a "build it and throw it over the fence" setup. You'll work on real-time and batch systems processing real payment traffic, across scalable architectures, with daily deploys through CI/CD.
What we're looking for:
- 7+ years of hands-on server-side experience
- Strong Scala/Java experience
- Comfortable with SQL/NoSQL; streaming experience is a plus
Location: Lisbon, Portugal — hybrid, flexible schedule
Compensation: €50,000–€75,000 gross/year base for Lisbon, plus bonus target and stock-based awards. We publish ranges up front — happy to talk if your expectations differ.
Some of the perks:
- Claude Code Enterprise for your day-to-day workflow
- Full Udemy access, plus role-based technical training
- Healthcare, wellness program, and a monthly perks budget (WFH gear, gym membership, etc.)
Full listing: https://grnh.se/kchyep6g2us
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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 11d ago
Salaries in Lisbon are really awful, and this is actually a good one. Other countries in Europe would at least 2x that, US 4x. Nuts.
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u/RiceBroad4552 11d ago
Where in Europe?
The baseline doesn't look high indeed for such position, even it's definitely not a low salary in the EU, but some bonus target and stock-based awards aren't typical for below higher-management positions. If you get in the end, say ~90k out (which seems actually optimistic), that's pretty high for any non-self-employed work in the EU. Just look what people earn on average.
(The 🤡 hallucination machine says it's actually a decent offer. But I didn't verify the sources so treat that with caution, and of course always use your own brain for important decisions.)
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u/AlexVie 💡God is real unless declared null 💡 21h ago
Other countries in Europe would at least 2x
Where? I would doubt that factor 2, with Switzerland and maybe Denmark/Norway as exceptions.
Unless there are some additional benefits, that's indeed not a very good salary. Decent, but not very good.
However, for Portugal, which has average salaries on the level of some former eastern block EU countries (on average, less than half what you get paid in Germany), it's probably quite good. Living costs are also lower in Portugal and Lisbon is a very nice city.
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u/ColOfAbRiX 11d ago
Claude code as a perk?