Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 5 years of professional software development experience., Strong expertise in Scala programming for over 5 years., Experience with AWS services and message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka for over 3 years., Knowledge of Play framework, Postgres, and front-end web development in a production environment..

Key responsibilities:

Develop and design complex solutions and core modules for the platform.

Collaborate with the customer’s team to gather requirements and deliver features.

Conduct code reviews, write tests, and ensure code quality.

Mentor junior engineers and contribute to process improvements.

Job description

Company Description

We are looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to join one of the most dynamically growing departments, Mobile and Web Solutions, that unites more than 200 professionals specializing in various technologies.

We love technology and believe that apps are all about personal touch and user experience. We truly believe we can influence that in the products we touch. We love learning and sharing knowledge.

If you are a positive thinker with excellent communication skills who can start new projects, help engage new customers, and deliver software of varying complexity, you are welcome to come and join us.

CUSTOMER

Our Customer is from the UK. The company owns a global marketplace for the fashion industry that allows users to sell customized or rare clothes and accessories. It provides a way to recycle unwanted items for money.

PROJECT

The project is a social shopping platform – a mix of retail and social networking platforms. Users have profile pages where they can post pictures and descriptions of what they are selling and for what price. Generally, a platform specializes in clothing retail. Posts can contain hashtags and additional information to make searching for items more comfortable.

The main task is to produce the most evocative buying and selling experience for users. You will be responsible for payment system integration and working with accessibility features.

Job Description

Contribute to new technologies investigations and complex solutions design
Come up with well-designed technical solutions and robust code
Work and professionally communicate with the Customer’s team
Take up responsibility for delivering major solution features
Participate in requirements gathering and clarification process
Develop core modules and functions
Perform code reviews, writing unit, and integration tests
Mentor Junior engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of the development process

Qualifications

At least 5 years of professional software development experience on commercial-grade systems and applications
Strong experience in Scala of at least 5 years
At least 3+ years of experience with AWS and RabbitMQ/Apache Kafka
Scala-logging with Logback Back-end
Experience with Play framework
Experience with Postgres 11.5
General Front-end web development experience in a production environment
Ways of working in an Agile team
Experience with testing, PRs, code reviews, and releases
Upper-Intermediate level of English

WOULD BE A PLUS