Senior Software Engineer/Akka/Scala Developer - 962

Typical task breakdown

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be is responsible for development of services using Scala and Akka technologies. The responsibilities include the following:

• 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.

Interaction with team

• Currently, team consists of around 20 people with 10 of those reporting to WD.

Work environment

Preference in office in Chicago but open to 100% remote candidates

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years
• Masters Degree with 8+ years

Required Technical Skills

(Required)

• 5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+
• 2+ years of Scala programming experience
• 2+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence

Top candidates will also have

• Proven experience in many of the following:

o Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs

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

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

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

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

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

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

o 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