Cesium Scala Developer

Requirement:

Job Title: Cesium Scala Developer

Duration: 7+ Months Contract with possible extension to FTE

Location: Manhattan, NY 10038

Job Description:

• The Cesium organization is the firm-wide provider of product (financial securities), counterparty, & account reference data, which is critical to 500+ consuming applications spanning multiple lines of business (Global Markets, Global Wealth & Investment Management, etc) from the front office (trading apps, etc) to the back office.

• Cesium is looking to hire an application developer to work on its strategic software platform responsible for sourcing, processing, and distributing reference data.

• The platform is relatively new and we are looking to aggressively expand its functionality over the next several years.

• This person will work on a 35-40 person software development team located in downtown NYC that is responsible for building & maintaining our core tech platform leveraged by other teams within our org who are focused on building business applications. He/she will be responsible for requirements, design, implementation, testing, and support of various projects ranging from 1 to 3-5 people in size.

• The core technologies that will be used are Scala, RDF, REST, and DB2. Depending on the project, he/she may also work with Python, BigData , and various Apache libraries such as Hadoop, Storm, Kafka, Play, Spray, etx, and advanced Scala language features such as macros.

• Financial industry knowledge or experience is not required.

• The ideal candidate is a passionate developer who enjoys experimenting with new technologies and writing efficient, scalable, & re-usable code. This team operates like a tech company within a large financial institution.

• There is a strong possibility of a long-term position (e.g. via a possible contract extension or conversion to FTE) is the candidate is a good fit and funding allows for it.

Required Skills:

• Strong verbal & written communication skills

• 4-year Computer Science or equivalent degree

• Experience with Scala (strongly preferred) and/or Java

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills and enjoys a collaborative environment

• Experience with functional programming is a plus

• Familiarity with Semantic Web (RDF) and SPARQL is a plus

• Experience with distributed computing is a plus

• Familiarity with Zookeeper/Storm/Spark/HDFS is a plus

• Familiarity with Lucene/Solr/ElasticSearch is a plus

• Experience with enhancing and maintaining mission-critical software in a fast-paced environment is a plus