Senior Scala Software Engineer

Role: Senior Scala Software Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid-3 times a week onsite is mandatory)

Work Model Details: Monday and Wednesday in office

Duration: 10 Months

Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm

Must Haves:

·       5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+

·       5+ years of Scala programming experience

·       4+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence.

Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, CI/CD tools, Microservices, Scala

Job Description:

•         As a Senior Software Engineer you will be is responsible for development of services using Scala and Akka technologies

•         Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.

•         Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution

•         Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.

•         Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features

•         Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed

•         Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits

•         Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team

•         Guides the team to develop structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment

•         Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness

•         Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

•         Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by CLIENT management from time to time.

Required Technical Skills:

•         5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+

•         3+ years of Scala programming experience

•         2+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence

Top candidates will also have:

•         Experience with design and implementation of high-availability and reliable solutions

•         Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

•         Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.

•         Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.

•         Deploying and maintaining software using AWS. Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, etc.

•         Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB

•         Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)

•         Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.

•         Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

•         Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities

Nice to Have:

•         Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs

•         Experience in functional programming

•         Exposure to type level and Zio framework