Senior Scala Engineer

Job Description:

The most successful candidates will also have experience in the following:

Gitflow Atlassian products BitBucket JIRA Confluence etc.

Continuous Integration tools such as Bamboo Jenkins or TFS Location: This position will be based in Bentonville AR.

Hands on working experience with Scala

Knowledge of tools and frameworks used in the Scala ecosystem such as Akka Play or Slick

Ability to design and implement backend applications

Knowledge of relational databases preferably PostgreSQL

Experience in Apache Hive Apache Spark Apache Kafka.

Learn our business domain and technology infrastructure quickly and share your knowledge freely and actively with others in the team.

Mentor junior engineers on the team

Lead daily standups and design reviews

Groom and prioritize backlog using JIRA

Act as the point of contact for your assigned business domain

Requirements:

Minimum 12 years of IT experience.

5 years of handson experience developing Scala applications

Experience with programming languages: Python Java etc.

Experience with scripting languages: Perl Shell etc.

Practice working with processing and managing large data sets (multiTB/PB scale).

Exposure to test driven development and automated testing frameworks.

Background in Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience.