Scala Developer

Job Description

Technology generalist (Arch. Sr. Specialist) 

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 who 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 

Responsibilities: 

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 

alignment, etc.) 

Experience: 

Has worked in JVM-based languages (Java, Scala) to deliver web-oriented solutions 

Has worked in Mobile technology platforms (iOS/Android) 

Has worked with HTML5 and Javascript platforms 

Experience in noSQL document-oriented databases models is a plus 

Integration developer (Arch. Sr. Specialist) 

Duties: 

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 

Responsibilities: 

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, 

service documentation, QoS/SLA conformance measurement, etc.) 

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 

documentation, complete tooling/instrumentation, etc.) 

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 

Distributed Systems Engineer 

A good fit will: 

* 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 

Duties: 

* 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. 

Education: 

* 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

Qualifications

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Additional Information

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