Scala Developer

Job Description :

Charter is looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to join an agile team. The team develops client-facing REST APIs that provide data for IPTV (television over the internet), enabling 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, and Splunk. All code is written in a functional style, and Scala utilizes Futures fully for full asynchronous functionality. The team works at scale, handling hundreds of millions of REST calls per day.

Engineers on this team enhance and develop new microservices, as well as improve existing ones. 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-motivated and capable of handling responsibility and making informed decisions.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with high-performing software and applications at the forefront of the digital telecommunications industry.
• Translate user needs and business requirements into detailed design, solutions, and functional architecture and specifications.
• Design and implement new functionality that is testable and performant with limited oversight and guidance, following best practices and approved code patterns.
• Working with the SRE teams establishes a system of monitoring and alerting to measure reliability over time and identify customer-impacting issues in a timely manner, helping teams operate within their error budgets.
• Fix vulnerabilities and assess upgrade and patch needs.
• Analyze and revise existing system logic and documentation to address identified difficulties.
• Explore new and upcoming technologies, compare them with existing products or services, and develop plans and recommendations to address future business needs.
• Collaborate with other team members to identify and solve technical problems.
• Collaborate with internal customers, technical, and architecture teams to solve complex software problems.
• Mentor and coach junior team members.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Technologies

Skills / Abilities and Knowledge