Scala roles @ Cake Solutions - Southbank
sa...@cakesolutions.net
Senior Scala Engineer - London
Since Cake’s inception, we’ve been a Project Delivery Consultancy that has specialised in building highly distributable, reactive systems for clients looking to use the most cutting-edge technology, and we’ve been damn good at it. Over the past 3 months, Cake has been going through its largest transformation yet, and we’re ecstatic to announce that we’re a member of the BAMTECH Media family, who are the leader in delivering direct-to-consumer live and on-demand entertainment at scale. Wanna know what makes this even more interesting? BAMTECH are now a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, meaning we’ll be working on the OTT streaming platforms that Disney are launching in 2018 and 2019. Pretty impressive right!
As a result, Cake is continuing to expand our Southbank London team, and we want some experienced Scala Engineers to compliment the team we already have there! We are currently at a team of 4, with another Senior Scala Engineer on route, and we’d love to get that closer to 10 by the end of this year.
More about Cake?
Community is a huge part of the culture at Cake, which is why we regularly attend and host local meetups, as well as sponsor the best known Scala and Reactive events like Scala Days, Reactive Summit and Scala World. If you’re ever at one of this events then we’ve also got great coffee and free swag to give away! We’re also a group of active bloggers and publishers, with new posts released weekly, and e-Books from our CEO Guy and CTO Jan ready to download (free of course).
So what does being a Scala Engineer at Cake entail?
You will have the opportunity to stay at the forefront of technology and apply a principled approach to software engineering, as well as having the opportunity to work on a wide range of interesting projects with our partners, using Scala, Play, Akka, and Kafka. We aim to build software that is distributed, reactive and scalable.
You will also have solid communication skills and will be able to interpret the intricacies of the business domain, whilst also offering technical support to Tech Leads & the Senior Team.
What will you do:
Solve complex problems using the most appropriate polyglot architecture.
Be involved in a lively and challenging environment.
Use the latest technologies and tools on modern hardware at scale.
Work on challenging and varied business domains.
Develop your technical understanding to support and build your career.
What we’d like to see:
Demonstrable working experience with the Lightbend Reactive Platform, particularly Scala, Akka & Play.
Experience creating scalable and reactive web applications with modern frameworks such as: Play, ScalaJS, AngularJS, ReactJS.
Knowledge of applying object-oriented and functional programming styles to real-world software engineering problems.
A deep understanding of strongly-typed functional programming principles in Scala, Haskell or OCaml.
Demonstrable understanding of high quality coding and testing practices.
A strong understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
An appetite to learn new technologies and a drive for continual improvement.
A keen interest in technology and self-improvement. Examples include having an active Github account or completion of relevant Coursera courses.
Contributions to the technical community, either through blogs, internal workshops, meetups or conferences.
We also provide fantastic benefits, some of which include, Perkbox access, informative lunch and learn sessions, gym membership, attendance at international conferences, a cycle to work scheme, unlimited holiday allowance (paid & unpaid), flexible working and a team football match every Tuesday evening!
To find out more please apply via our careers page or contact our recruitment team on LinkedIn or email:sa...@cakesolutions.net