Scala Senior Software Engineer (Spark)- (U.S. remote)

Railroad19 is a company that develops customized software solutions and provides software development services. They are seeking several Scala Software Developers who are fluent in Scala & Spark to develop clean, maintainable code and integrate enterprise data into an analytical data warehouse, while also serving as advisers in identifying and fostering best-in-class solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Understand our client's fast-moving business requirements
• Negotiate appropriate solutions with multiple stakeholders
• Write and maintain scalable enterprise-quality software
• Develop new applications and production application support
• Participate in detailed technical design, development, implementation, and support of Big Data applications using existing and emerging technology platforms
• Work with large streams of data with tools like Spark and Kafka
• Manage the complete software development life cycle
• Writing functional and unit tests in order to maintain code quality
• Develop understanding of client business processes, objectives, and solution requirements
• Participate in project work groups with subject matter experts and stakeholders to understand data specific needs
• Collaborate with other teams in order to deliver a highly performance application that contains little or no defects
• Identify new opportunities, tools, and services to enhance the custom software platform
• Support and troubleshoot issues (process & system), identify root cause, and proactively recommend sustainable corrective actions

Requirements:

• Fluent in Scala & Spark
• Strong communication skills
• Advanced Scala development-based software solutions, Scala 2.12/2.13
• Strong experience with Spark and Kafka, working with large streams of data, and experience building data pipelines
• Enterprise experience with NoSQL implementation, including stream processing
• Experience with database design and modeling - logical and physical, ETL development, performance tuning - table partitioning and indexing, process threading, and database storage sizing and maintenance
• Demonstrates willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in delivering working software
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline; or equivalent work experience