senior backend Scala developer

Title: senior backend Scala developer

Interview is virtual (okay with relocation candidates but must work in Johnston, Iowa )

orand TN

MUST HAVE REALLY GOOD ENGLISH

Worksite

9505 Northpark Drive Johnston IA 50131 United States

Looking for strong senior backend Scala developer preferably with AWS Cloud experience* A coding exercise is required as part of the interview process.* Position will be onsite until further notice

JOB DUTIES: Working within an agile team, develop scalable backend software, using TDD. Develop Scala/Java applications running in an AWS environment. REQUIRED experience:*5+ years hands-on experience with Scala*Profound insight of Scala Internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Concurrency, Futures, Multithreading.)*Building low-latency & high volume, distributed, scalable and reliable backend systems*RESTFul APIsPREFERRED experience:*AWS*Cats Effect, Http4s, Fs2, Akka*Spring*Frontend experience a plus*Deere experience a

Main Skill Set: REQUIRED experience:*5+ years hands-on experience with Scala*Profound insight of Scala Internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Concurrency, Futures, Multithreading.)*Building low-latency & high volume, distributed, scalable and reliable backend systems*RESTFul APIs Preferred experience:*AWS*Cats Effect, Http4s, Fs2, Akka*Spring*Frontend experience a plus*Deere experience a plus

Job Description:
Description: Major Purpose:Works on a product team and supports product design by planning its work, coordinating with others, and writing and testing code to deliver functionality for the complete product or products it supports. This level designs complex/significant parts of a system/sub-system or works on a complete product of a broad scope and solves well-defined problems with little guidance. May act as a work lead, providing technical coaching to other engineers and support personnel; Recognized as an expert user of critical technology; develops new software functionality for product development.

Major Duties:

Develops, codes, configures, and tests programs and systems.

Evaluates and implements enhancement design solutions to improve cost, quality, and performance of software applications.

Analyzes assignments and determines software specifications that must be fulfilled to achieve objectives.

Executes necessary documentation, as directed, or needed.

Collaborates with other relevant stakeholders and team members to ensure that features meet business needs.

Follows industry-standard agile software design methodology for development and documentation.

Mentors junior software engineers on the team. Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:

Ability to analyze, translate, and define business requirements into technical solutions.

Excellence in verbal and written communication forms with emphasis on persuasive communication, tact and negotiation.

Ability to apply engineering principles and concepts for designs.

Ability to manage many competing priorities/requests in a fast-paced environment Education: 

Degree in an Engineering/Technology discipline or equivalent experience. - University Degree (4 years or equivalent)

Degree in an Information Technology discipline or equivalent experience. - University Degree (4 years or equivalent) Work Experience:

Previous experience in programming/software development. (4 - 7 years) 

Software development processes experience. (4 - 7 years)

Product design, test and/or analysis experience. (4 - 7 years)

Participating in Agile Development (4 - 7 years)

Experience working in an Agile Environment (4 - 7 years)

Qualifications:

 Candidates must have strong verbal communication skills and be able to describe their experience in details and explain their thought process in how they solve certain problems.

• Looking for strong senior backend Scala developer preferably with AWS Cloud experience
• * A coding exercise is required as part of the interview process.
• * Position will be onsite until further notice Job DUTIES: Working within an agile team, develop scalable backend software, using TDD. Develop Scala/Java applications running in an AWS environment. REQUIRED experience:
• *5+ years hands-on experience with Scala
• *Profound insight of Scala Internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Concurrency, Futures, Multithreading.)
• *Building low-latency & high volume, distributed, scalable and reliable backend systems*RESTFul APIs Preferred experience:
• *AWS
• *Cats Effect, Http4s, Fs2, Akka
• *Spring*Frontend experience a plus*Deere experience a plus