Functional Scala Developer

Job Description We are looking for a scala developer to work with our stellar team on building out the [login to view URL] Platform. Your primary responsibilities will be to design and develop these applications and services, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, robust design, and quality product is essential. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree with STEM concentration + 2 years’ work experience, or equivalent work experience • Fluent in English • Demonstrable proficient in scala, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems • Familiarity C/C++ and the ability to parse C/C++ code • Basic understanding of Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds • Working knowledge of at least two other programming languages (e.g. Go and Python) • Proficient understanding of modern distributed code versioning tools (like ‘git’) • Thorough understanding of SQL, and in-depth experience with at least one RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server) • Experience with automated testing frameworks and unit tests • Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and principles • Knowledge of functional programming principals / concepts Desired Skills • Experience building cross-platform applications with Scala or a similar functional programming language • Experience with functional programming • Familiarity with concurrency patterns in Scala • Experience building distributed systems and/or decoupled microservices • Experience building software using cloud-based services (in any cloud platform) • Experience using “gRPC” and Protocol Buffers (“protobuf”) and/or experience creating services that exchange non-JSON data over non-HTTP protocols • Familiarity with continuous integration • Familiarity with Docker / containerization