Scala Developer

Job Title: Scala DeveloperDuration- Fulltime PermanentLocation: Jersey City, NJ/ Pennington, NJ OnsiteJob Description:Must Have Technical/Functional SkillsTechnical SkillsMust Have Technical/Functional SkillsAt least 5 years of heavy, hands-on, software development in Scala and/or Java is a requirement and also have experience in building distributed, scalable applications with heavy data processing in realtime or batch using multi-threading and parallel processing architecture.Test driven methodologies, working in automation of unit and regression tests, CI/CD is a plusWe also require the candidates to be capable of basic data analysis and requirements gathering.They should come prepared to learn not just the technology but our business processes and our data as well.Experience in working with Agile development environmentStrong problem-solving and communication skills and enjoys a collaborative environmentFlexible, self-starter, fast-learner - willing and able to quickly learn new technologies and skillsExperience with functional programming like Scala is a big plusExperience with graph technologies is a plus, Familiarity with Semantic Web (RDF) and SPAROL is a big-bigExperience with distributed computing is a plus. Familiarity with AMPS, Kafka, Zookeeper/Storm/Spark/HDFS is a plus.Experience with large data processing & distribution in real time using AMPS, Kafka, MapReduce or similar framework is a plus.Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, big plusExperience with enhancing and maintaining mission-critical software in a fast-paced environment is a plus.Roles ResponsibilitiesLooking for top-tier engineers who have a strong and successful track record of solving hard problems and out of the box thinking. We work in a dynamic environment and expect new joiners to be flexible, self- sufficient and learn our business, our data and our technology stack with minimal supervision. They will lead the push for horizontally scalable, high-performance applications.