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