Senior Scala Developer

Job Description

Project Description:
A ground-breaking, highly integrated, functional Scala platform that powers the firm's fixed-income risk management and the next generation of trading applications. Multiple teams collaborate on technologies including bitemporal object stores, asynchronous language semantics, compiler development, massively distributed computation, embedded query languages, and declarative reactive UIs. The focus on core platform development means that our customer's primary clients are not the teams and individuals operating on the financial side, but their end-user application developers, who rely on the services and components provided.

Responsibilities:
• Performing as a Scala Developer in a financial services environment, considering specifics of Capital Markets or Investment Banking areas.
• Developing and maintaining high-performance robust Scala applications for the Risk PnL Platform, leveraging technologies such as Akka, Play Framework, and Cats.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues related to risk calculations, ensuring seamless operation of the Scala-based applications.
• Taking into account risk management methodologies and profit and loss concepts, risk models, financial derivatives, and trading strategies.
• Utilizing experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture, using tools like Akka Cluster.
• Utilizing experience with risk calculation platforms and systems.
• Working with other Scala technologies such as Slick for database interactions and Circe for JSON processing.
• Utilizing solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Participation in design discussions and contribution to architecture decisions using functional programming paradigms.
• Optimization of existing codebase and algorithms to enhance system performance, utilizing advanced Scala features like type classes and pattern matching.
• Collaboration closely with developers, traders, and stakeholders to understand complex financial requirements.

Mandatory Skills Description:
• Develop and maintain robust Scala applications for the Risk PnL Platform, leveraging technologies such as Akka, Play Framework, and Cats, as well as distributed systems and microservices architecture, using tools like Akka Cluster.
• Optimize existing codebase and algorithms to enhance system performance, utilizing advanced Scala features like type classes and pattern matching.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot issues related to risk calculations, ensuring seamless operation of the Scala-based applications as well as stability, performance, and reliability
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions using functional programming paradigms.
• Knowledge of risk models, financial derivatives, and trading strategies.
• Familiarity with other Scala technologies such as Slick for database interactions and Circe for JSON processing.
• Collaborating with business analysts, traders, and other developers to understand the requirements and deliver solutions that meet the business needs
• Following the best practices and standards for software development, code quality, testing, and documentation
• Strong knowledge of functional programming, concurrency, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field