Compensation

Competitive

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

Akka
Java
Functional Programming
Scala
JVM

Benefits & perks

Health insurance
Social events
Wellness budget
Paid time off
Educational opportunities

Senior Scala Engineer will be responsible for coordinating technical development of our infrastructure.

Role overview

Headquartered in New York City, the Senior Scala Engineer will be responsible for coordinating technical development of our infrastructure. This hands-on role will be responsible for coordinating tasks across other developers, managing pull requests, as well direct software development. Candidates should have a strong understanding of algorithm development, networking components, and implementing secure protocols.

RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Minimum of 2+ years of functional programming in Scala
Experience with Akka
Experience building REST API services
Comfort with large data sets, preferably experience with Redis PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or DB2
Knowledge of security best practices for application architecture, communication protocols, and AWS infrastructure
Comfort with workflows in Gitlab, Jira, and Confluence
Experience with Docker / Kubernetes a plus
Experience with gRPC/protobuf, Play Framework or Spring Boot a plus
Experience with Java / overall JVM ecosystem a plus
Experience working with OAuth and Authorization providers a plus
Experience with AWS infrastructure
Familiarity with network protocols (http/2, tcp) a plus
Knowledge of Solidity, Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains a plus
Best practices for facilitating Agile and Test Driven Development

Location

New York is the most populous city in the US with more than 8 million inhabitants. A lot of immigrants from over 180 countries live in the City. Travelers are usually attracted to its cosmopolitanism and energy. New York consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. New York is also well-known for its cultural heritage Empire State Building, Central Park and Statue of Liberty. The City is a center for fashion, media, culture, research and a booming tech scene.

The tech scene in New York has changed a lot in recent years. A lot of the initial excitement has worn off and settled into a stable trend of successful businesses. In both 2014 and 2015, a New York City tech company went public with a valuation of over $1 billion. It is now #2 startup ecosystem in the world, with startups raising $11.5 billion in venture capital in 2017. NYC is also the HQ of choice for Spotify, Consensys and WeWork.

Did you know...

New York City’s Federal Reserve Bank holds $90 billion in gold
60M tourists visited NYC in 2016
More than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world; 4 in 10 households speak a language other than English

Axoni

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Axoni is a New York-based technology firm that specializes in multiparty workflows and infrastructure. Founded in 2013 by a team of distributed systems and capital markets experts, the company offers core data infrastructure, application development, and automation tools. Axoni’s technology is used across global capital markets by the world’s leading banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and infrastructure providers.