Scala Developer

Brooksource; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 96,432 - 103,320; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services firm is seeking a Scala backend engineer for an 18-month contract in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The role involves working on client-facing REST APIs and requires strong experience with Scala, microservices, and various technologies including MongoDB and Docker. Ideal candidates will be self-starters, able to work independently in an agile team. Competitive hourly pay range is $70.00/hr - $75.00/hr.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Scala back end API implementation.
• Willingness to learn new domains and technologies.
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support efforts to simplify and enhance customer experience.
• Code and perform unit and integration testing.
• Collaborate with technical teams to solve software problems.

Skills

Scala back end API implementation

MongoDB or other NoSQL databases

Test-driven development

Docker

Monitoring technologies (Splunk, Datadog)

API documentation (Swagger)

Tools

AWS managed services

Memcached

Container orchestration

Job description

Base pay range

$70.00/hr - $75.00/hr

18 month contract (potential for FTE conversion)

Summary

Our client is looking for a strong Scala backend engineer with microservices experience to work in a small, agile team. The team develops client-facing REST APIs that provide data for IP TV (television over the internet), for functionality such as consumer entitlement verification, on/off-net verification, parental control verification, and settings. The technology stack includes Scala, Scalatra, Memcached, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk and Datadog. All code is written in a functional style, and is fully asynchronous using Scala Futures. The team works at scale, handling hundreds of millions of REST calls per day. Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience with Scala back end API implementation
• Understanding of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
• Strong mindset with a willingness to learn new domains and technologies
• Expertise in end-to-end understanding of the system and testing the services
• Experience with test‑driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience using AWS managed services
• Experience with caching architectures, particularly Memcached
• Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker)
• Strong experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
• Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI)

Skills / Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Strong experience working with DevOps engineers to build and deploy infrastructure
• Strong understanding of Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision
• Experience with building and designing REST APIs using Scala
• Experience with software security principles and patterns
• Ability to collaborate with and contribute to a common culture of excellence

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
• Code and perform unit and integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution and adherence to business and technical requirements
• Code, test, debug, and enhance software
• Write programs according to specifications, and define specifications for complex programs
• Monitor and repair critical systems on an as‑needed basis
• Develop and maintain technical documentation
• Serve as final escalation point to resolve incidents and problems for production applications and web services supported by the team in accordance with identified procedures
• Collaborate with internal customers, technical and architecture teams to solve complex software problems
• Provide system users and management with system analysis and improvement recommendations
• Identify and recommend system design/requirements needs for software
• Implement, monitor, test, and audit new software programs to maximize efficiency of software systems
• Participate in continuous performance improvement sessions to discuss opportunities to improve processes and standards
• Coordinate with technical teams to analyze and resolve software‑related problems causing operational difficulties, advising on specialized features and functions
• Maximize the efficiency of the various software systems by implementing, monitoring, testing and auditing new software programs
• Collaborate with customers and internal/external technical teams to identify software problems and communicate remediation plans
• Mentor and coach junior team members

Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting