Position: Engineering / Development Manager Scala
Company: Luxoft
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

We are working on a First in Class highload platform for distributing reference data across Citi businesses.

**Project Description**

What we are:
- young friendly team
- team open for new challenges
- team where everyone take part in architecture/design development
- team where all good ideas are accepted
- team which likes clean and well documented code
- team where word "refactoring" is frequently used and applied

What we are not:
- old school guys - we are not afraid of moving to new Scala version or new technologies
- the Chuck Norris team - we try to have good test coverage
- try not to say "we can't / it is impossible"

Project Description:
We are working on a First in Class highload platform for distributing reference data across Citi businesses. The ISG Cloud platform is a critical segment of data processing (apache storm, akka cluster, akka stream based modules, MongoDB) and distribution (REST (Spray), WebSockets, Web UI (Angular JS) with high SLA and security (OAuth2) requirements) from source to client. Our focus is to ensure that data delivery is fast, secure, and seamless providing high flexibility between disparate systems and extensive customization of data subscriptions to downstream systems.

Expected duties distribution
* pure coding - 0% but will be involved in code review
* working with people(coaching, mentoring, providing regular feedback, building individual development plans, assessing tech performance, etc.) – 70%
* architecture discussions/decisions - 20%
* presentations/reporting – 10%

**Responsibilities**

Leads team of 15+ developers
Provides tech mentorship and coaches people
Helps developers be more productive
Driven technology leader
Inspiring people manager
Defines technology standards for the organization and establishes processes to ensure adherence
Helps define software coding practices
Helps define the SDLC
Plays a significant role in project planning
Facilitates architecture review
Takes metric driven actions to increase team productivity
Employs metrics to monitor and ensure quality
Liaises with Support management to ensure products are properly supported

**Skills**

Must have
• 10+ yrs hands-on dev experience (Java or Scala)
• 4+ yrs hands-on dev experience Scala
• Experience as a DevManager/Engineering Manager or CTO for at least 4 years
• Solid experience working with people as a mentor
• Solid understanding of SDLC process
• Solid understanding of System Architecture concept
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive mindset
• Higher technical education

Nice to have

Delivery manager experience
Experience in banking or financial area is a plus