Scala Developer

Role: Jr. & Sr. Scala Developer
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA
Duration: 6 Months Contract (will continually extend)
Mode of Interview: Face To Face After Phone

!! Need Green Card, US Citizen, TN Visa, OR EAD GC Candidates Only !!

Responsibilities:
• Design, code, and test solutions for a major, global re-platforming effort
• Incubate new ideas with working code for proof of concept
• Travel to other IMS global offices is possible
• Work with 6 sizable development teams to:
• Code review and walkthrough
• Coordinate interfaces and APIs (ReST and Scala) between the teams
• Answer questions from the development teams on the platform

Nice to Haves:
• Passion for open source technologies, with a history of contributions
• Scala
• Actor based concurrency systems (Akka, Scalaz, or Quasar)
• Apache Spark and related technologies (Hive, HDFS, Hadoop, YARN, Mesos)
• DevOps expertise (git, Jenkins, Maven, SBT, Eclipse, JIRA, OpsCode Chef)
• CloudOps familiarity (IaaS like AWS, PaaS, Docker, Vagrant, Infrastructure as code, continuous deployment)
• Static code analysis tooling usage (SonarQube, Findbugs)
• Enterprise middleware technologies such as ESB, BPEL and OData
• Experience with binary serialization protocols and Hadoop SerDe in general: Apache Avro, Parquet, ORC, ProtocolBuffer, or Kryo
• Healthcare data a plus

Minimum Education, Experience, & Specialized Knowledge Required:
• Computer Science Degree from an accredited university
• Linux shell scripting
• SQL
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, including a positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Ability to learn new frameworks, languages, paradigms, and techniques quickly and with little direction
• Functional programming experience in any language
• Strong Comp. Sci. fundamentals and firm understandings of data structures and algorithms
• Relational database development and data warehousing know-how
• Object-oriented design, with a focus on type systems and static typing, multiple inheritance, and gang of 4 design patterns
• SOA experience creating web services and APIs
• Test driven design and automated testing techniques
• Can take a passionate stand on technology and communicate across a large organization
• Development team leadership

** U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.