Senior Software Engineer/Akka/Scala Developer - 962

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 Client management from time to time.

Interaction with team:

• Currently, team consists of around 20 people with 10 of those reporting to WD.

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:

o Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs

o Experience with design and implementation of high-availability and reliable solutions

o Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

o Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.

o Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.

o Deploying and maintaining software using AWS. Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, etc

o Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB

o 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

DSM-H works with clients in the private, public, government and not-for-profit sectors to deliver high quality products and services that meet the demanding requirements of today's marketplace.