Senior Scala Developer
Scala
Senior Scala Developer
Grand Parade part of William Hill
Kraków
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Office
Tech stack
Scala
REST API
Job description
ABOUT GRAND PARADE
WHO WE ARE?
Grand Parade is a part of William Hill Group – a leading global betting company. We are top Cracow-based Polish-British software development company specializing in building advanced systems for the online sports betting industry in Europe, USA and Australia with more than 170 software engineers on board.
WHAT WE DO?
We are renowned for intelligently designed high-tech products. We are experienced in planning and implementing successful user journeys through various online experiences great and small, and across a variety of platforms, from huge commercial websites to small and targeted apps.
AFTER HOURS
In addition to the standard chill-out room with PS4, you can always take a sit on sun lounger in the garden on the roof and wind down looking Krakow beautiful panorama or grab pizza after work.
We also regularly organize Grand Parade Betting League, in which we are predicting football scores to get extra prizes. In Gamification you can have fun with tasks during and after working hours. We take care of improving our skills by organizing internal trainings, open meetups, conferences and workshops. Not to mention about Multisport and Enel-med, obviously it is a must-have.
Your role in the team
Working with us you will have the opportunity to build a brand new platform for real-time pricing and betting. Designed to handle high traffic and sub-second action. It will be built with cutting edge technologies and scalable microservice-oriented architecture. You will:
- Design, code and documentation of platform API services in Scala
- Build services based on Domain-driven Design (DDD)
- Model data layer in non-relational databases (Cassandra / DSE Search)
- Conduct real-time stream processing / messaging (Kafka)
- Implement of reporting/analytics using Big Data processing tools (Apache Spark in DSE Analytics)
- Strive for good code quality and practicing test-driven development
- Collaborate with product owners and the team to ensure requirements are well-defined and met
- Help to grow the team
Skills needed
- Min. 3 years of experience in development of back-end services
- Some knowledge of Scala (reading the “Programming in Scala” book by Odersky should suffice) and some code written (completing exercises of “Functional Programming in Scala” on Coursera is a minimum)
- Good understanding of databases (relational and non-relational)
- Attention to quality of code
- Good understanding of REST API design principles
- Good problem solving and analytical thinking
- Self-reliance, communicativeness, accurateness
What we offer
- Development opportunities, including IT conferences, internal training, lunch and learn sessions and an individual development budget.
- Complex work and the chance to make an impact.
- Mac OS or Windows hardware to choose from.
- Some opportunities for International travel to our offices in London, Leeds and Gibraltar (our office is 5 minutes away from the beach).
- A great working atmosphere in a collaborative team of amazing people, with forward thinking managers.
- Competitive salary and benefits fully paid private healthcare, multisport pass, daily fruit, and employee referral program.
- Flexible working practices
- And some fun in the office – integration events and company parties, internal football league, gamification initiatives, FIFA, board games, company competitions with cool prizes.
William Hill in Krakow
Our office sits on Kotlarska and our brilliant building has a range of different workspaces, hangouts and breakout areas to suit your every need. Situated in the centre of Krakow next to Vistula river – we're in the heart of one of the world’s most iconic cities.There are parks everywhere, you can enjoy a walk along Planty, or go to Kościuszko Mound to admire the city from above. With plenty of culture on your doorstep, you’ll be spoilt for choice. In fact, why not have a sneak peek around our office with Street View and see if you can picture yourself here.