Spark/Scala Engineer

Back-End Web.

Senior

Upper-Intermediate English

Required Skills

Scala

Nice to Have

Scala SBT

Apache Spark

Scalatest

SQL

PostgreSQL

Agile

Kafka

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Summary

- Experience working as a Scala developer on enterprise-scale solutions;
- Skilled in Scala, sbt, and functional programming principles;
- Experience with Apache Spark for distributed data processing;
- Familiar with SQL databases (Postgres) and query writing;
- Skilled in ScalaTest and Agile development practices;
- Nice to have: Kafka, AWS/Azure, Kubernetes;
- Location: EU only;
- Start: ASAP;
- Duration: until 24.06.

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About the role

As a Spark/Scala Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team that is working with a leading enterprise AI SaaS company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, financial crime prevention, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. Since its founding in 2017, our client has served 1500+ Enterprise customers globally and has grown to 2,500 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals across over 20 countries.

Responsibilities:

Learn the Financial Services Fraud and Compliance domains and gain a deep understanding of the problems that Financial Institutions across the globe need solving;
Implement features according to our high-quality standards;
Actively participate in technical design workshops and produce technical specification documents as requested;
Assume development responsibility for developing, debugging, and unit testing of product features by internal procedures and standards;
Diagnose and solve functional and performance/scalability issues;
Develop functionality that meets the team's DoD or/and collaborate with the team to resolve open product issues;
Join and contribute to our professional communities.

Skills and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent;
2 – 5 years of commercial experience in large-scale enterprise solutions;
Proven track record of technical design and development as part of a team.

Essential:

Programming Languages – Scala, 2+ years;
Technologies – Apache Spark;
Proven track record of technical design and development as part of a team.

Desirable:

Testing frameworks – ScalaTest;
Database and SQL development experience;
Databases - Postgres;
Agile development methodologies;
Tools - sbt.

Nice to have:

Apache Kafka;
AWS, Azure;
Experience in Kubernetes.

How to Apply for Spark/Scala Engineer

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Create your profile on our website (import from LinkedIn)
20-30-minute screening call
Technical interview feedback
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Who can apply:

We work with developers across Europe, LATAM, the U.S. (W-9 form owners), Canada, Asia, Oceania, and the UK.
We do not provide visa assistance, and this cooperation model does not include direct-hire benefits.
We cannot accept applicants from Russia, Belarus, Iran, or North Korea.

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