Average Scala Developer salary in the UK

Job: Product Developer Location: BostonWhy Greencore?Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between.In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.We have an excellent opportunity for a Product Developer to join our innovation team in Boston where you will support the development across multiple fresh produce categories!What you'll be doingAs a Product Developer, your role will be to develop new, and modify existing products, in line with written briefs, customer expectations and financial targets to create products of sustainable and repeatable quality and sustainable cost.In this role you will be required to:Develop new and existing recipes into commercially viable products, benchmarking regularly to gain awareness of the market for a competitive advantage.Create recipes alongside the chefs, input recipes onto the recipe management system and review the accuracy of all recipes inputted by the product technologist and chefs to ensure they meet cost, weight and nutritional requirements.Ensure the viability of new raw ingredients from an operational, technical and product development perspective to bring innovation and challenge to existing Greencore policies and practices.Complete and/or review and approve all relevant documentation (feasibility forms, customer submission forms, concept to process handovers etc.) to ensure accuracy of information shared internally and externally.Put all products through the feasibility process; working with the commercial, operations, technical and purchasing teams to solve any issues to ensure concepts are repeatable, sustainable and scalable.Compile product costing information and adapt recipes to balance food quality with achievement of commercial brief targets within customer brand standards.Present benchmarking, existing (EPD) and new products (NPD) at internal and customer presentations, passionately demonstrate good market and food trends awareness, to achieve product approval.Follow the critical path time lines as directed, escalating incomplete tasks and deficiencies in testing, to ensure that mitigating action can be taken to prevent delays in product acceptance and launch.Assist the process team with the scale up production trials, as required, to ensure production quality matches the kitchen quality signed off by the customer.Provide leadership and direct to ensure that across the team people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed an delivery to their potentialThere will be an element of travel in the role and therefore you must have a valid UK driving licence with access to your own vehicle.What we're looking forAt Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.Proven experience in food product developmentAnalytical; comfortable with producing and reviewing costingsProficient in all elements of product development from concept to launchProven track record of successfully validating products and producing high quality documentationConfident in presenting to all levels within the business and directly to customersExperience in people managementFull UK driving licenceIf this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.What you'll get in return* Competitive salary and job-related benefits* Holidays* Competitive matched pension contributions* Life insurance up to 4x salary* Company share save scheme* Greencore Qualifications* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform* Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.We reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the specified closing date.Recruitment Fraud Warning:Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

Scala Developer with solid functional programming understanding is sought on a remote basis by an international software house based in the UK. This Scala Developer would be joining the innovation arm of the business tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions utilised worldwide to deliver critical infrastructure. As such experience working on enterprise level applications would be a plus. This Scala Developer will be joining a collaborative, continuous improvement focussed environment working within a mature estate but with scope to upskill in modern automation & containerisation technology. With a real commitment to employee wellbeing and personal development this Scala Developer can expect long term commitment to remote, flexible working and a clearing defined progression path with 2 self promotion opportunities a year alongside companywide commitment to wellbeing by providing a best in class physical and mental wellbeing program. This Scala Developer should have most of the following key skills: - At least three years commercial scala programming - Strong framework experience (Akka, Play etc) - Relational database experience - PostgreSQL - MongoDB, NoSQL - RESTful API design and integration experience - Solid unit test understanding - Spec2, scalaTest etc - Experience working in a TDD/ BDD driven environment - Containerization experience - Docker, Kubernetes etc - Awareness of cloud technologies would be useful This Scala Developer will receive: - Starting salary of up to £85,000 - Long term remote working - Company ownership shares - electric company car scheme - long term hybrid working - Flexible working hours - 2 promotion and salary review opportunities each year - Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme - Private pension scheme - Training and personal development budget and time allocation - Wellbeing protection (death in service, critical illness cover, income protection) - Extensive career progression opportunities - 25 days holiday plus bank holiday with holiday buy & sell scheme - Choice of technology So if you are a Scala Developer who likes the idea of building enterprise applications within a well-established friendly team then please apply now to be considered and for further details. Scala Developer Up to £85,000 Scala, REST Api, NoSQL, TDD/ BDD, functional programming, CI/CD, Play, Akka

Scala Developer (Scala, Java, SQL & Big Data) Location: Greater London mthree is hiring a Scala Developer to work with a tier-one global investment bank in London. You’ll join the EMEA Reference Data team within Global Markets Technology, which builds the technology that supports the reference data needs of the bank’s Global Markets business. The team’s platforms are used across the bank globally, and the work includes some of its key regulatory programmes. The stack is built on Scala, with RDF, SPARQL and Big Data technologies such as Apache Hadoop, and all development follows Agile. Scala is preferred, but strong Java developers who want to learn Scala will also be considered. The Role This is a development-focused role. You’ll analyse business and technical requirements, then design and build critical components of the reference data technology stack, owning your work through every phase of the software development lifecycle. The team wants a self-starter who works well with others and enjoys picking up new technologies. Responsibilities Design and develop critical components of the reference data platform in ScalaAnalyse business and technical requirements and turn them into technical solutionsDeliver across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to releaseWork with RDF, SPARQL and Big Data technologies such as Apache HadoopContribute to key regulatory programmes within the bankTake ownership of high-level tasks and resolve the detailSupport the operational side of running a software stack Required Experience Strong Scala or Java development skills, with Java candidates willing to learn ScalaStrong SQL skills, with practical experience of at least one RDBMSStrong understanding of software build and release management, using at least one build tool such as ANTGood understanding of unit testingFamiliarity with development patternsFamiliarity with Big Data technologies such as Apache HadoopAn understanding of the operational aspects of managing a software stackA proactive approach and good communication skills Desirable Experience Familiarity with RDF and SPARQLKnowledge of the client or product reference data domainExposure to functional programming, for candidates without Scala experience About mthree This role is through mthree’s Expert programme. You’ll be employed directly by mthree and deployed full time with one client, working as part of their team on their projects. Throughout the assignment you’ll have ongoing support from mthree, and where applicable there is a clear route to permanent employment with the client.