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I think it's actually used more to develop more or less ordinary backends. Or some tools/frameworks like Spark or Akka/Pekko.

But you can (and people mostly do) use Spark from Python. And Akka/Pekko from Java (but I'm not sure how that is common).

And the job market is there:

https://functional.works-hub.com/jobs/?remote=true&tags=scal...

https://scalajobs.com/locations/remote/

https://remoteok.com/remote-scala-jobs

https://betterremotejobs.com/search?title=scala

https://readytotouch.com/organizers/scala/vacancies?remote=1

https://www.levels.fyi/jobs?searchText=Scala&workArrangement...

https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/search/jobs?keyword=Scala&lo...

https://discord.com/channels/629491597070827530/629546253381...

https://discord.com/channels/632277896739946517/840255868096...