Equal Experts · 20 hours ago

Senior Functional Scala Developer (contract)

USA

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Remote

Senior Level

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Responsibilities

Working with the client and the team to determine system requirements and how best to deliver them.

Delivery of software using agile (pair programming, TDD, CI/CD, etc) practices.

Delivery of software using functional programming concepts (immutable data structures, pure functions/referentially transparent functions, dealing with side effects).

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Zio Libraries

Automation of system infrastructure and deployments.

Production support of systems you are working on (You build it, you run it).

Advocating agile practices to the client organization.

Mentoring client team members.

Helping improve the team and clients’ delivery capabilities.

Qualification

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ScalaFunctional ProgrammingTest-Driven DevelopmentAgile DevelopmentDistributed SystemsMicroservice ArchitecturesRESTful ServicesEvent SourcingCQRSAWS

Required

Extensive, diversified experience developing, maintaining, and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems.

In-depth knowledge of Scala and its associated tooling. Experience with other languages is highly desirable.

Hands-on experience with test-driven development and other forms of automated testing.

Understanding of the fundamental principles of Functional Programming and experience applying them in your day-to-day development.

Strong understanding of the principles underlying agile development and an understanding of the various approaches that can be effective in realizing these principles in different contexts.

Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively while working remotely with globally distributed teams.

Strong interpersonal skills including a desire to collaborate and knowledge share with other team members, including client team members. This also includes the ability to work collectively towards a common goal without insisting on a given course of action.