• Scala Backend Software Engineer

    Insight Global (Greenwood Village, CO)


    Job Description

    A large telecom company in Greenwood Village is looking for a strong Scala backend engineer with microservices experience to work in a small, agile team. The team develops client-facing REST APIs that provide data for IP TV (television over the internet), for functionality such as consumer entitlement verification, on/off-net verification, parental control verification, and settings.

     

    The technology stack includes Scala, Scalatra, Memcached, Kafka, MongoDB, docker, Kubernetes, Splunk and Datadob. All code is written in a functional style, and is fully asynchronous using Scala Futures. The team works at scale, handling hundreds of millions of REST calls per day.

     

    Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions.

     

    In summary, we need a Sr Scala backend developer who is willing to learn new domain and skills Also, code, design, code, test, monitor, troubleshoot and capable of delivering E2E on multiple competing priorities.

     

    Onsite 4 days/week in Greenwood Village, CO 80111

     

    Pay rate is 55-60/hour

     

    Long term contract with perm possible

     

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

    Skills and Requirements

    • Strong experience with Scala back end API implementation

    • Understanding of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases

    • Strong mindset with a willingness to learn new domains and technologies

    • Expertise in end-to-end understanding of the system and testing the services

    • Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

    • Experience using AWS managed services

    • Experience with caching architectures, particularly Memcached

    • Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration, (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Argo, etc).

    • Strong experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc).

    • Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI)

    • Experience using CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Gitlab)