Senior Scala Backend Engineer - Scala REST API AWS Docker

Senior Scala Backend Engineer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Software Engineer to join an established development team responsible for trade lifecycle and to contribute to the growth of the platform. This team also handles outbound trade flow to prime brokers, administrators and also forms a key part of the onboarding process for new clients. We would expect the developer to work on the applications that interface with central position keeping system. In the longer-term, the successful applicant will also be able to work on other applications that interface with central position keeping system around trade flow and external connectivity to a wide variety of execution platforms.

We use Scrum and other Agile practices, and are looking for a Senior Scala Backend Engineer who is dynamic, motivated and a self-starter to join our team. We have challenging work, believe in motivating each other and in having a great team.

Requirements

3 to 8 years

3+ years

Functional programming

RESTful Microservices

Akka

SQLServer

AWS

Docker and Kubernetes

ScalaTest, Mockito

sbt

* Experience with Git and CI/CD

* Excellent communication skills and able to communicate clearly with project stakeholders

* Significant experience in the design and implementation of complex cloud based systems

* Strong problem-solving and diagnostic skills

Responsibilities

* Develop, maintain, and enhance REST APIs, distributed services, and databases supporting trade lifecycle platform

* Design and architect the solution, approach and work with the team in delivering a clean and scalable solution

* Interact with subject matter experts to translate business requirements into detailed design

* Involved in new integration projects with prospective and existing clients

* Review code developed by other team members

* Collaborate with QA on design and implementation of manual and automated test processes

* Seek opportunities to improve quality and efficiency from ideation to deployment

* Follow Agile development processes, coding standards, and methodologies

* Perform a variety of tasks, and adapts to working on application which is unfamiliar

* Creative ideas are suggested to solve problems

Additional Preferred skills

Spring Boot

Scalaz or Cats

Reactive streams or FS2

Slick

* Experience working with Unix/Linux systems

* Experience with FIX protocol/FpML/QuickFixJ

* Financial knowledge and understanding of the trade lifecycle would be considered an advantage

* Exposure to SCRUM or other Agile development practices

Compensation includes a competitive salary and bonus, commensurate with experience.