Scala Developer/Guru - $150,000!

My client is a financial Start Up based in New York City looking for a talented and experienced Scala Developer to join their team.

They are looking for talented Back End software engineers to become core contributors to their growing team, which is made up of engineers with a wide skill set. The role offers exposure to the entire product suite and provides a great opportunity for ownership. The candidate will drive system architecture and implementation from inception to release. We seek creative and clear thinkers with an aptitude for designing distributed computing solution. The ideal engineer will be passionate about solving some of the industry's most complicated problems in providing efficient Real Time analytics working with various large datasets. This is an exciting opening for someone who enjoys working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage skill sets of a Developer, Business Analyst and Architect to take a project to completion
• Become an expert in Scala, Mongo DB and various open source libraries we use
• Take ownership of various initiatives for clients and internal analysts to design and provide solutions
• Drive architecture decisions allowing the application to be highly scalable
• Establish best of breed development practices
• Ensure product quality by developing a comprehensive unit and regression testing infrastructure
• Source ideas from the open source community to help keep the product suite current
• Learn about the finance industry and generate ideas for the platform to grow

Skills & Experience:

• Computer Science degree from a top university
• Minimum 2 years industry experience with complex Core Java, Scala Enterprise Systems, Python
• JVM, Core Java (5,6,7) and general development toolsets
• Knowledge of distributed computing and caching paradigms
• Architecture, problem solving, testing and agile development
• Building high-traffic, scalable and high performance systems
• SQL and various NOSQL offerings (Mongo DB)
• Work with the open source community, developing open source software is a plus
• A desire to learn about Hedge Funds and the financial industry

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