Scala Developer

Title: Scala Developer
Location: Plano, TX/ New York City, NYC / Jersey City, NJ/Onsite
Duration: Full Time
Client: Banking
Experience required: 10– 15 years of experience
Interview Mode: Video

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Scala development with expertise in building high-performance, scalable, and low-latency trading applications.

• Extensive experience in Capital Markets and Trading Systems, with a strong understanding of Front Office trading workflows.

• Strong proficiency in Scala frameworks and libraries such as Akka, Play Framework, Cats, ZIO, or similar.

• Experience developing and supporting electronic trading platforms, Order Management Systems (OMS), and Execution Management Systems (EMS).

• Strong understanding of functional programming principles, concurrency, and distributed systems architecture.

• Experience working with real-time market data feeds, trade execution systems, and event-driven architectures.

• Hands-on experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, JMS, or equivalent.

• Strong expertise in SQL and working with relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.

• Experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices-based applications.

• Familiarity with FIX Protocol and electronic trade execution workflows.

• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle processes including order capture, execution, allocation, settlement, and reporting.

• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and utilizing source control tools such as Git.

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Docker, and containerized deployments.

• Proven experience working in an Agile development environment.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, debugging, and performance tuning skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Roles Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Scala-based trading applications supporting front-office trading and capital markets operations.

• Build and enhance high-performance, low-latency systems for market data processing, trade capture, and trade execution.

• Develop scalable microservices and distributed applications to support trading and investment banking platforms.

• Collaborate closely with traders, business analysts, quantitative analysts, and operations teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.

• Integrate trading applications with market data providers, exchanges, broker platforms, and internal systems.

• Develop and maintain real-time data processing solutions leveraging messaging platforms such as Kafka and event-driven architectures.

• Analyze and resolve production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive solutions.

• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability to meet demanding trading system requirements.

• Participate in the design and implementation of OMS, EMS, and trade processing enhancements.

• Ensure compliance with development standards, security policies, and regulatory requirements.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

• Collaborate with cross-functional technology teams to deliver robust and reliable trading solutions.

• Support application release activities and production deployments while ensuring minimal impact to trading operations.

• Continuously evaluate and implement best practices in Scala development, functional programming, and distributed computing.