Scala Developer

Scala Developer

Location: Shipley

Initial Duration: 6 Months

Pay: 450/525

Our client are seeking a Scala specialist to work in cross-functional teams to write and test production quality, sustainable code for world-class new and existing systems. The successful applicant will also need to ensure that new and updated digital services are thoroughly tested for performance and are able to handle specified load.

Tasks:

• Collaborate with all Scrum Team and Delivery Centre colleagues, providing feedback on more junior/apprenticeship developers where necessary
• Contribute to a culture of continuous service improvement in which key systems "owned" by your digital service team are regularly analysed, maintained and improved
• Contribute to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration environment
• Sharing knowledge of tools and techniques with technical and non-technical team members in the wider HMRC digital team and across government
• Providing 'second-line' support and occasional 'on-call' support

Technologies & Technical Skills:

• Scala
• MangoDB
• Git
• Play
• Jenkins & Groovy DSL
• Excellent demonstrable commercial experience in programming and back-end software development either Scala or Java8 (Scala is the preference)

• Use and implementation of modern front-end web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, REST, JSON
• Experience in TDD (Test Driven Development). experience using Kibana & Splunk for debugging
• Good understanding of web/agile technologies & protocols
• Demonstrable experience in automated testing solutions
• Proven problem-solving skills: able to logically break down a problem into smaller manageable parts to solve
• Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Proven ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
• Demonstrable knowledge of relational and non-relational database