Senior Java/Scala Developer

Are you an open-minded and dedicated professional who revels in intellectually rigorous environments? Do you hold a high bar for the quality of your code and react to a mission critical problem in an excellent way? Can you anticipate complications and formulate solutions to unblock the progress of the project? If it sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as Senior Java-Scala Developer.
Our client is one of the world's biggest hedge funds managing investments for a wide array of institutional clients, from charitable foundations to foreign governments and central banks. In this role, you will oversee a newly established back-end team developing an oversight platform for managing all of hedge fund's trade generation activity. You will interact with team members who deeply understand product & business problems and investors who are also technically savvy and work in deep partnership with engineers.

We are looking for a Senior Java/Scala Developer for the team. Each person in the team will deeply understand product & business problems and will work on the stack end to end as the team builds an oversight platform for managing all of the hedge fund's trade generation activity. Users of the technology in the Department are extremely sophisticated investors who are also technically savvy and work in a deep partnership model with the engineers. Our goal is to build highly functional, beautiful, and intuitive technologies for these processes which ultimately drive, scale, and enable our investment processes.

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Responsibilities

• Developing extremely sophisticated tools and collaborating with some of hedge fund's most sophisticated investors
• Operating within a dynamic team focused on back-end development but also working with engineers from several different areas of focus
• Working closely with various technology teams. Most often, we interact with UI/UX Design team, backend engineering team, and platform engineers

Requirements

• Strong computer science fundamentals with a mastery of back-end development
• 7+ years professional software development experience in technically rigorous environments
• Excellent design skills (with the security focus, OOD, SOLID, GRASP, KISS, YAGNI, DRY, etc.)
• Experience in Scala development or back-end experience in any popular language (Java/.NET) and open to study Scala
• Strong algorithmic and debugging skills
• Wide experience with CI/CD, SDLC, Agile and Design patterns
• Excellent soft, analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience in Python
• Knowledge in infrastructure as code software using Terraform
• Experience working with Automating Deployment tools, e.g. Kubernetes
• Experience working with Apache ZooKeeper
• Java developers without Scala experience but willing to switch to Scala are welcome

We offer

• Private health insurance
• EPAM Employees Stock Purchase Plan
• 100% paid sick leave
• Referral Program
• Professional certification
• Language courses

EPAM is a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company with over 52,650 EPAMers in more than 55 countries and regions. Since 1993, our multidisciplinary teams have been helping make the future real for our clients and communities around the world. In 2018, we opened an office in Spain that quickly grew to over 1,450 EPAMers distributed between the offices in Málaga and Madrid as well as remotely across the country. Here you will collaborate with multinational teams, contribute to numerous innovative projects, and have an opportunity to learn and grow continuously.

• Why Join EPAM
• WORK AND LIFE BALANCE. Enjoy more of your personal time with flexible work options, 24 working days of annual leave and paid time off for numerous public holidays.
• CONTINUOUS LEARNING CULTURE. Craft your personal Career Development Plan to align with your learning objectives. Take advantage of internal training, mentorship, sponsored certifications and LinkedIn courses.
• CLEAR AND DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS. Grow in engineering or managerial direction to become a People Manager, in-depth technical specialist, Solution Architect, or Project/Delivery Manager.
• STRONG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. Join a global EPAM community of highly skilled experts and connect with them to solve challenges, exchange ideas, share expertise and make friends.