Position: Senior Spark/Scala Developer (Bulgaria)
Company: Svitla Systems
Category: Scala
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

They bring a new level of industry expertise across deposits, lending, digital experience solutions, and technologies to market. Through access to comprehensive datasets and analytics, intelligent technologies, and connected behavioral insights, it is the partner of choice to help to attract, retain and grow more profitable customer relationships. We are looking for a Senior Scala/Spark Developer to work at the intersection of data engineering, software engineering, and data science on the client’s award-winning data/analytics cloud platform. In this role, you will work with a cross-functional team to advance the roadmap of the innovative proprietary technology built on Apache Spark.

**Requirements:**
- Strong knowledge of OOP and design patterns.
- 3+ years of commercial development experience with Scala and Python.
- 2+ years of experience with Apache Spark, including how these technologies work under the hood.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or quantitative field, is required.
- Experience in Databricks and/or Datarobot is a big plus.
- Proficiency in distributed big data processing (batch/offline, Terabytes+).
- Experience with AWS technologies.
- A high degree of interest in analytics and machine learning.
- Rigor in high code quality, unit testing, and another engineering best practices.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Solid verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Interest in the fintech space.

**Responsibilities:**
- Engage with the product owner to understand requirements for new features.
- Design and develop foundational features as part of an agile development lifecycle.
- Undertake R&D on new technologies and solutions with engineering leadership.
- Identify new technologies and tools which could improve the existing SDLC process.
- Support complex business logic encoded into the data/analytics platform.
- Conduct peer code reviews.
- Support continuous build and release process.

**We Offer:**
- US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
- Well-established remote culture and flexible working hours.
- No trial period.
- Annual performance appraisals.
- Competitive compensation in USD gross based on skills and experience.
- B2B contract with Svitla Systems Inc. (US legal entity).
- 20 vacation days, 10 national holidays and 5 paid sick leaves.
- 3 additional days of paid vacation for special life events (marriage, childbirth, etc).
- Bonuses for recommendations of new employees.
- Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities.
- Free webinars, meetups and conferences organized by Svitla.
- Awesome team, friendly and supportive community!