Junior Software Engineer (Scala)

Innova Solutions is supporting a Software company who is hiring a Junior Software Developer with Functional/Scala programming expertise.
This is a full time/direct hire role that is 100% remote.
Position type: Full Time / Direct Hire
Location: Remote
Work authorization note: This client is unable to offer sponsorship at this time.
Role and Responsibilities
We are seeking someone with experience building and maintaining highly performant distributed systems. You will have experience with functional programming and object-oriented design and development. As a fast-growing team it is important that you can successfully collaborate with developers, architects, and product managers, ideally in an early stage company environment.
Day-to-Day:

• Learn. We value curiosity and share a desire to continuously learn new things, including from each other.
• Collaborate. As a fast growing team, we must communicate and work together to achieve goals. That includes both within teams and across our small, dynamic team.
• Write. Clarity of thought is best reflected in clear documentation. We document our work in ways our community of backend Software Engineers will want to engage with.
• Represent. Advocate for the needs of our users and contribute to the community discussion on product direction and uses.

Job Requirements:

• Skilled in Scala or another functional language
• Interest and experience in distributed systems
• Familiarity with Akka/Pekko or the Actor-model
• Exposure to designing, implementing, and maintaining complex data infrastructures
• Hands-on experience designing and developing scalable, high performing and fault-tolerant applications
• Able to rapidly learn and apply new technologies
• Understanding of concurrency in the JVM
• Willingness to create and update documentation to facilitate learning, with comfort speaking to groups and presenting information
• Nice to have: graph databases and graph algorithms
• Nice to have: experience using Kafka
• Nice to have: experience using Cassandra (esp. in large clusters)

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
Thank you!
PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: Junior level $100-130k
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS:Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.
Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/
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