Senior Scala Back-End Engineer (Remote, Kubernetes)

Bln24, Llc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

BLN24 is seeking a Senior Back End Web Developer to join our team in McLean, VA, supporting CFPB's RegTech program. You will design, build, and optimize backend services using Scala and Akka, CQRS, and event-driven architecture.

You will develop containerized microservices for Docker and Kubernetes, implement robust data access with PostgreSQL and Cassandra/AWS Keyspaces, and write comprehensive unit and integration tests.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional back-end development experience.
• Experience with Scala and Akka Toolkit, reactive programming, and actor-based concurrency.
• Experience with CQRS and event-driven architecture.
• Experience writing and optimizing database queries in SQL and NoSQL stores (PostgreSQL, Cassandra / AWS Keyspaces).
• Expertise using Slick or another ORM library.
• Experience building APIs with complex JSON payloads.
• Experience creating unit and integration tests for end-to-end APIs.
• Experience containerizing microservices and deploying on Kubernetes with Docker.
• Experience using GitHub for source control and planning.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; Master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end services using Scala and the Akka Toolkit.
• Build and evolve components of a CQRS, event-driven architecture.
• Develop and optimize database queries across relational and non-relational stores.
• Implement data access layers using ORM libraries.
• Build and optimize APIs that handle complex JSON payloads.
• Write unit and integration tests validating end-to-end API responses.
• Develop containerized microservices for Docker and deploy on Kubernetes.
• Manage source code, reviews, and planning in GitHub; collaborate in an Agile team.

Skills

Scala

Functional programming

Reactive programming

Actor-based concurrency

API design

Unit & integration tests

Agile teamwork

GitHub collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Cassandra / AWS Keyspaces

Slick ORM

GitHub

Job description

BLN24 is seeking a Senior Back End Web Developer to join our team in McLean, VA, supporting CFPB's RegTech program. You will design, build, and optimize backend services using Scala and Akka, CQRS, and event-driven architecture.

You will develop containerized microservices for Docker and Kubernetes, implement robust data access with PostgreSQL and Cassandra/AWS Keyspaces, and write comprehensive unit and integration tests.