Lead Scala Developer

Highbrow LLC; Berkeley Heights, Dallas, Alpharetta (NJ, TX, GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking a Lead Scala Developer to work onsite. Candidates need 4 to 8 years of development experience, expertise in Scala, Akka, and microservices. The role involves adhering to development processes, reporting issues, and fostering a team-oriented environment. Candidates with experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS are preferred. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of recent hands-on development in Scala and Akka Framework.
• Must have good understanding of Akka Streams.
• Hands-on experience in design and development of Microservices.
• Need to have good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the processes followed for development in the program.
• Report status and proactively identify issues to the Tech Lead and management team.
• Facilitate a strong and supportive team environment.
• Foster a strong, collaborative team environment.
• Be hands-on, implement solutions independently.

Skills

Scala

Akka

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

Test driven development

Scripting languages (Batch, Bash)

Batch & Bash scripting

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Ansible

Terraform

AWS

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Job Title: Lead Scala Developer

Job ID: 2025-13241

Job Location: Alpharetta, GA, Berkeley Heights, NJ, Dallas, TX (100% Onsite)

Job Travel Location(s):

# Positions: 2

Employment Type: W2

Duration:Long Term

# of Layers:0

Work Eligibility:All Work Authorizations are Permitted – No Visa Transfers

Key Technology:Scala, Akka, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes

Job Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the processes followed for development in the program.
• Report status, and proactively identify issues to the Tech Lead and management team.
• Personal ownership and accountability for delivering assigned tasks and deliverables within the established schedule.
• Facilitate a strong and supportive team environment that enables the team as well as individual team members to overcome any political, bureaucratic and/or resource barriers to participation.
• Recommend and Implement solutions. Be totally hands on and have the ability to work independently.

Skills and Experience Required:

Required:

• 4 to 8 yearsof recent hands-on development in Scala and Akka Framework
• Must have good understanding on Akka Streams.
• Test driven development.
• Awareness on message broker.
• Hands-on Experience in design and development of Microservices.
• Good awareness on Event driven Microservices Architecture.
• GRPC Protocol + Protocol Buffers.
• Hands-on Experience in Docker Containers.
• Hands-on Experience in Kubernetes.
• Awareness on cloud native applications.
• Jira, Confluence, Ansible, Terraform.
• Good knowledge of the cloud platforms (preferably AWS), their IaaS, PaaS, SaaS solutions.
• Good knowledge and hands on experience in scripting languages like Batch, Bash
• Knowledge of Integration and unit test and Behavior Driven Development
• Need to have good problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills.

Desired:

• Experience integrating to third party applications.
• Agile knowledge
• Good understanding of the configuration management
• Financial Industry and Core Banking integration experience
• Hands on experience on Python