Description
Scala Developer - Contract - Shipley
We are IT Recruitment Specialists partnered with a massive Global Consultancy who require a Scala Developer for one of their Public sector Clients. This will be a 6-month contract based in Shipley.
Tasks:
. Work in cross-functional teams to write and test production quality, sustainable code for world-class new and existing systems
. Ensure that new and updated digital services are thoroughly tested for performance and are able to handle specified load
. Collaborate with all Scrum Team and Delivery Centre colleagues, providing feedback on more junior/apprenticeship developers where necessary
. Contribute to a culture of continuous service improvement in which key systems "owned" by your digital service team are regularly analysed, maintained and improved
. Contribute to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration environment
. Sharing knowledge of tools and techniques with technical and non-technical team members in the wider HMRC digital team and across government
. Providing 'second-line' support and occasional 'on-call' support
Technologies & Technical Skills:
. Scala
. MongoDb
. Git
. Play
. Jenkins & Groovy DSL
. Excellent demonstrable commercial experience in programming and Back End software development either Scala or Java8 (Scala is the preference)
. Use and implementation of modern Front End web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, REST, JSON
. Experience in TDD(Test Driven Development). experience using Kibana & Splunk for debugging
. Good understanding of web/agile technologies & protocols
. Demonstrable experience in automated testing solutions
. Proven problem-solving skills: able to logically break down a problem into smaller manageable parts to solve
. Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
. Proven ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
. Demonstrable knowledge of relational and non-relational database
Scala Developer - Contract - Shipley