Lead Scala Developer

You will be responsible for effective Microservice development in Scala and delivery of our NextGen transformation / professional services projects/programs.

Responsibilities

• Adhere the processes followed for development in the program.
• Report status, and proactively identify issues to the Tech Lead and management team.
• Personal ownership and accountability for delivering assigned tasks and deliverables within the established schedule.
• Facilitate a strong and supportive team environment that enables the team as well as individual team members to overcome any political, bureaucratic and/or resource barriers to participation.
• Recommend and implement solutions. Be totally hands on and have the ability to work independently.

Qualifications & Technical Skills

• 4 to 8 years of recent hands‑on experience in Scala and Akka Framework
• Hands‑on experience in Scala development, including Akka Framework and Akka Streams.
• Experience with test‑driven development, message brokers, microservices design and development, event‑driven microservices architecture, gRPC protocol and Protocol Buffers.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of cloud native applications, preferably on AWS (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Proficiency with tooling such as Jira, Confluence, Ansible, Terraform.
• Experience with scripting languages: Batch, Bash, Python (plus).
• Knowledge of integration, unit testing, and behavior‑driven development.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating to third‑party applications.
• Agile knowledge.
• Good understanding of configuration management.
• Financial industry and core banking integration experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.