Distributed Systems Engineer Scala/Java
Leonteq - Switzerland, Zurich
€ 8000 - 9000
Deadline
2018-08-25
Description
Company
Summary
ABOUT THE ROLE
- As a Software Engineer you will have a unique and exciting opportunity to join a young and innovative 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 one of the growing development teams i.e. Insurance & Wealth Planning Solutions Development, Core Services, Anna & Constructor Development, Trade Management or the Shared Services Development team, you will specifically contribute to a rapid growth of the business line.
YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deliver high quality solutions in tight timeframes 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
OUR REQUIREMENTS
- Fluency in English is essential
- Eligibility to work in Switzerland
- Experience building scalable, distributed applications preferably in Scala or at least in 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
- Experience of working with design thinking techniques in iterative sprints is an advantage to this role
- Play
- Slick
- Kafka / event streaming pipelines
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- AngularJS
Summary
Position
Distributed Systems Engineer Scala/Java
Location
Switzerland, Zurich
Type
Full-time
Deadline
2018-08-25
Company
Leonteq
Salary
€ 8000 - 9000
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