Position: Scala Developers (Lisbon)
Company: Hadronfinsys
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Software Engineer you will have a unique and exciting opportunity to join a young and dynamic company, committed to delivering value added services in the investment product space.

You will be part of the IT Development department, responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining key business applications and services on our highly-specialized investment product management platform. We value Agility (through SCRUM), Technology (through a modern micro-services platform built with functional programming in Scala) and Collaboration.

Thanks to a fluid and concentrated organization, frequent communication with end-users and internal training on the investment product domain you will provide concrete and robust technology solutions to our clients, partners and users.

As part of the Insurance & Wealth Planning Solutions Development team, you will specifically contribute to a rapid growth of the business line.

YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Deliver high quality solutions in tight time frames to meet demanding customer requirements

Work closely with business and other IT units to gather and understand requirements

Contribute to software and architectural design decisions

Conduce to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous 

integration / continuous deployment environment

Become involved in the internal DevOps and Scala guilds, building relationships with other developers and identifying / implementing best practices

Maintain close interaction with the business on very diverse topics: front-end portals to management of long-maturity life insurance products

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Fluency in English is essential

Experience building scalable, distributed applications in Scala and Java

Strong understanding of Algorithms and Data Structures

Experience in developing software in an agile environment

Interest in the latest programming trends such as functional and reactive programming

Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems

Experience in implementation of APIs for integration with internal and external systems

Strong problem solving skills & ability to learn in a fast paced environment

NICE TO HAVE

Financial background in either banking or the insurance industry

Cloud migration activities either Public or Private

Experience of working with design thinking techniques in iterative sprints is an advantage to this role

CQRS and event sourcing hands on experience

Knowledge of server-less architecture would be a benefit

DevOps experience configuration management, containers, virtualisation, continuous integration and deployment

Practical experience with, either or both, AWS or Azure

Akka / Akka Persistence / Akka HTTP / Akka Streams / ScalaZ / Play / Slick / Kafka / event streaming pipelines

Docker / Kubernetes / AWS / Jenkins / AngularJS

WE OFFER:

40k-55k Euros/annum.
Work Permit Processing/Non-EU Candidates Welcome.
Relocation Support