Scala Developer

Scala Developer (Permanent / Full time)

Technology generalist

Traits of our desired candidate:

• Is passionate about technology, and is always looking to further their personal knowledge and expertise
• Is comfortable executing against tasks that are occasionally ambiguous, but works independently to seek out needed information
• Is not the type to wait for others to tell them "what to do next", but proactively looks to fill their work queue
• Enjoys working in a team of high performers, who hold each other accountable to perform to their very best
• Does not shy away from opportunities for constructive confrontation and both provide and take feedback with team members

• Design and develop customer and support-facing capabilities
• Supports other product delivery partners in successful build, test, and release of solutions
• Support the development of both UI and server-side platforms
• Work through user-centered design practices to gather and incorporate end-user feedback into development
• Occasional ownership of small projects, and managing some ongoing project communication (status reporting, requirements)

• Has worked in JVM-based languages (Java, Scala) to deliver web-oriented solutions
• Has worked in Mobile technology platforms (iOS/Android)
• Experience in noSQL document-oriented databases models is a plus

• Supports design and development of complex enterprise solutions on JVM-hosted environments
• Works with distributed requirements and technical stakeholders to complete shared design and development
• Supports the full software lifecycle of design, development, testing, and support for technical delivery

• Proven experience in architecture/design of SOA/EAI and/or Web API integration applications
• Demonstrated working knowledge of web service/API design and implementation
• Experience in data design and alignment of persisted data models to ‘over the wire’ data models
• Experience in REST/RPC/SOAP-based data exchange paradigms as well as relevant governance patterns (registry/repository,
• Decent understanding of network layers (OSI) and common communication protocols (HTTP, TCP, SMTP, etc.)
• Decent understanding of application performance tuning
• Proficient in self-testing of applications, unit testing and use of mock frameworks, test-driven development (TDD), and continuous integration/testing.
• Experience in building software ‘product’, with the intention of transition to others for support and further evolution (including
• Experience with enterprise JVM-based solutions (JEE, Spring)
• Experience with Scala and associated frameworks (Akka) is desirable
• Experience with Healthcare integration standards (HL7, IHE profiles, etc.) are desirable

• Be passionate about technology, and is always looking to further their personal knowledge and expertise
• Be comfortable executing against tasks that are occasionally ambiguous, but works independently to seek out needed information
• Enjoy being challenged by and solving complex problems
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Have patience to "bring others along"
• Be able to assist in documenting requirements
• Be able to identify and resolve conflicts or ambiguities

• Work closely with solution architects and development stakeholders to resolve ambiguity and conflicts
• Design, document, and implement scaleable and high-performance algorithms in scaleable languages such as Scala
• Support the testing, deployment, and support of scaleable applications.
• Benchmark algorithms, analyze bottle necks and propose solutions to eliminate them.
• Follow and advocate high quality software engineering practices like unit testing, profiling and effective logging.

• Experience in functional/scaleable languages (Scala preferred, Python, R may be considered)
• Experience delivering distributed and scaleable solutions to backend and mid-tier applications.
• Experience in noSQL, graph and document-oriented databases models is a plus

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