Sofware Engineer (Scala)

Aquent Studios is looking for a strong senior backend Scala developer, preferably with AWS Cloud experience, to join our team and work on projects for one of our top clients in the manufacturing/technology space.

NOTE: A coding exercise is required as part of the interview process.

NOTE: Position will be onsite at the client's facility in Urbandale, IA.

NOTE: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job duties include:

• Working within an agile team, develop scalable backend software, using TDD. Develop Scala/Java applications running in an AWS environment.

REQUIRED experience:

• 5+ years hands-on experience with Scala
• Profound insight of Scala Internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Concurrency, Futures, Multithreading.)
• Building low-latency & high volume, distributed, scalable and reliable backend systems
• RESTFul APIs

PREFERRED experience:

• AWS
• Cats Effect, Http4s, Fs2, Akka
• Spring
• Frontend experience a plus
• Previous John Deere experience a plus

The target hiring compensation for this role is $65-71/hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Additional benefits offered may include: medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match (if applicable), and sick time.