Our client is currently looking for well experienced Scala Developers to support our Development Teams. All three of these cross-functional and international teams have many interesting challenges waiting for you: One team is developing a large scale cloud service for fraud prevention, building distributed responsive and resilient solutions which evaluate transactions in real-time. The second team is building on-premise solutions for business customers, ingesting wide varieties of data for automatic classification of events, as well as providing a presentation layer for manual review/classification. The third team is developing a scalable platform for real-time data processing, analysis and prediction, turning insights and models supplied by our Data Science Team into the production code that forms the backbone of our fraud prevention solutions.

Requirements:

• Several years of experience in functional programming and/or OO, ideally on the JVM
• Thorough knowledge of Scala, feeling comfortable with SBT and testing frameworks
• Experience with Akka
• Experience with agile software development processes
• A team player, able to communicate in an open, constructive and friendly manner
• Good English language skills because of our international team (German is not required)
• Embracing the concept of Full-Stack-Development is a plus
• Hands-on experience with SQL, NoSQL and key-value stores, especially MongoDB and PostGreSQL, is a plus
• Knowledge of search and information retrieval is a plus
• A university degree won’t hurt, but we value practical skills and desire to learn more than formal education

Responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of our main software components
• Continuous refactoring of our codebase
• Bringing in your ideas of how to improve our software by new technologies
• Code reviews of your fellow developers
• Supporting the release and deployment process
• Working together with Data Science Team to develop and integrate new approaches for fraud detection

Benefits:

• Flat hierarchies and a team of experts you will grow together with to further develop your skills
  
• The possibility to overtake responsibility and to realise your own ideas – from day one
  
• Modern office in Hamburg’s city centre where you will also find a soccer table, organic fruits and everything you need to feel comfortable
  
• Free choice of equipment and development environment
  
• Discounts for public transport
  
• Flexible working hours
  
• Help with visa, finding accommodation and moving