Big Data Developer - Scala job in England

We have a current opportunity for a Big Data Developer - Scala on a contract basis. The position is with a banking client and is based in London. For further information about this position please apply.

The ideal Big Data Developer - Scala will have extensive experience with Scala development on Risk systems.

Skills

Strong Scala development skills along with strong experience in distributed caching and big data technologies, preferably Oracle coherence and/or Apache Spark & HDFS
Demonstrable knowledge in software engineering issues such as designing to handle a variety of latency use cases.
Senior developer able to drive all aspects of POCs with cloud vendors in a highly technical way
Experience of - or at least familiarity with - containerized (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and Cloud infrastructures and environments.
In-depth technical knowledge with the ability to interact with a wide set of stakeholders from Cloud through Risk / Trading / Finance in business-friendly language.
Experience to performance tune and optimize highly scalable distributed applications and enable their vertical/horizontal scaling
Proven experience in delivering solutions that cover the full lifecycle of applications in a quality / sustainable way - including resiliency, latency, DR, and failover
Familiar with software development and system architecture patterns
Test-driven software development practitioner and understanding of mocking frameworks
Understanding of all software development lifecycle phases (requirements, development, testing, delivery, post-go-live support)
Experience working on relationship databases (e.g. Oracle 11/12g)