IT Software Engineer- Scala, Akka & Java Microservices

Job Title: - IT Software Engineer 5 (2x roles) ---– Scala, Akka & Java Microservices

Location: Preference in office in Chicago but open to 100% remote candidates

Duration: 12 months 

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

•  As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build platform notification services that enable Caterpillar customers to be alerted for events that are critical to efficiently operate Caterpillar engines and machines.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years
• Masters Degree with 8+ years

Required Technical Skills

(Required)

• 5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+
• 2+ years of Scala programming experience
• 2+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence

Top candidates will also have:

• Proven experience in many of the following:
  • Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs
  • Experience with design and implementation of high-availability and reliable solutions 
  • Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
  • Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
  • Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
  • Deploying and maintaining software using AWS. Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, etc
  • Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB
  • Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
• Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities

Typical task breakdown:

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be is responsible for development of services using Scala and Akka technologies. The responsibilities include the following:

•               Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.

•               Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution

•               Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.

•               Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features

•               Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed

•               Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits

•               Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team

•               Guides the team to develop structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment

•               Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness

•               Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

•               Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.