Java Software Engineer (Scala)

For a financial client we need Java Software Engineer (Scala). This position is based in Boston, MA and Merrimack, NH and Durham, NC . We are Primarily looking for W2 Candidates and not looking for Third Party Candidates. The Expertise We're Looking For

• Expert level (8+ years' experience) developing with Java
• Specialist (2+ years' experience) developing with Scala
• Understanding of and experience in Asset Management nice to have
• As software engineer, delivering software using agile development practices
• Experience in Spring, Restful Web services, JMS, Maven, Jenkins
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous delivery (CI/CD) patterns using cloud infrastructure.
• Superb communication & presentation skills

• A strong contributor with a collaborative work style
• A Java specialist and can write high performance (CPU and Memory optimized) code.
• Understand RESTful API principles and have experience designing and developing RESTful API's using Spring
• Scala specialist with 2 or more years of hands-on development experience
• Have experience designing and developing actor models, preferably using Akka
• Understand and value automated unit testing and code analysis tools (preferably Junit), and have worked in an environment where consistency to code quality and coverage standards is implemented
• Experience using AWS tools and working in a cloud-based infrastructure.
• Have worked on SCRUM / Agile teams
• Have experience working with Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), preferable using FitNesse
• Can accurately measure and track the performance of components throughout development and fix degradations in performance
• Have experience using and configuring continuous integration and continuous delivery products, preferably Jenkins
• Have an understanding of messaging frameworks such as Kafka and EMS.
• Understand best engineering practices and have the ability to coach and mentor junior engineers.
• You are able to clearly detail design options and decisions, and present these in an organized manner to technical as well as non-technical audiences