Senior IT Software Engineer – Scala, Akka & Java Microservices
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CleraIT Consulting
100% Remote (North America)ContractSenior
Salary80 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 8+ years of experience.
- Required Skills
- AWSPostgreSQLDynamoDBJavaSpring BootCI/CDRESTful APIsMicroservicesScala
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 8+ years of experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+.
- 2+ years of Scala programming experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Akka technologies (Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence).
- Solid Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Experience designing Spring Boot RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with application architectural patterns: MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
- Experience deploying and maintaining software on AWS at scale.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar).
- Experience with PostgreSQL and/or AWS DynamoDB.
- Agile/Scrum working experience.
- Demonstrated leadership on small-to-medium scale projects with strategic impact.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable notification and event-driven microservices using Scala and Akka technologies (Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence).
- Work independently on complex application and infrastructure components used across one or more systems.
- Drive application development focused on delivering high-value business features.
- Architect and implement high-availability, reliable solutions at scale.
- Design well-defined RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
- Deploy and maintain software using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins) and AWS cloud services (API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation).
- Work with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL and AWS DynamoDB.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to less senior engineers.
- Establish good engineering practices and maintain high standards of software quality within the team.
- Identify areas for team growth and improvement; guide structured code development, documentation, and user guides.
- Communicate effectively with end users and internal stakeholders on complex technical problems.
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