Scala Developer

Role : Sr. Core Scala Developer

Location: USA any locations

Duration : Contract

Job Description:

Top three technical requirements:

• Core Scala – This is an absolute must have. The bulk of our legacy assets are written in Scala
• Mongo – Mongo continually weighs us down when it comes to driver upgrades.
• HBase – Again, many of our legacy assets are utilizing HBase.

Nice to haves:

• NodeJS
• Kafka
• Rabbit/IBM MQ

Experience Required :

• Big Data stack experience: Spark, Kafka, HBase, Hive, MongoDB
• Proficiency in Scala is preferred, as Scala is used both in the Big Data stack and in stand alone modules (Web Services)
• Experience architecting and deploying highly scalable distributed systems
• Microservice experience is desirable
• A test automation focus expected
• Experience across the full software lifecycle; have a DevOps mindset
• Experience working with build pipelines is desirable
• Experience with an iterative approach to coding is desirable
• Experience working on Linux systems
• Experience using standard SDLC tools like Jira, Git, Jenkins etc.
• Works well in a team environment
• Scrum experience is desirable
• Enjoy being challenged by and solving complex problems
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Have patience to “bring others along”
• Be able to assist in documenting requirements
• Be able to identify and resolve conflicts or ambiguities

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Design, document, and implement data lake and data stream processing.
• Support the testing, deployment, and support of data processes.
• Design and implement support tools for data processes.
• Benchmark systems, analyze bottlenecks and propose solutions to eliminate them.
• Articulate and align fellow teams to data process designs.
• Enjoy being challenged by and solving complex problems
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to identify and resolve conflicts or ambiguities