Scalable Capital Software Engineer interview experience

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BerlinPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied and didn’t really go through the usual HR back-and-forth.

Instead, after the submission stage I was sent a Codility technical task right away. The exercise was backend-focused and simulated a simplified trading system, where I had to implement a controller with endpoints to create, retrieve, and cancel orders. It wasn’t just “write code to pass tests” — I had to handle business logic carefully, including updating balances and positions correctly while working with buying power, inventory, and market prices.

After I submitted, the next step was a technical discussion with the team. I walked through my code and explained the design decisions in

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