Scala Devloper

Company Name Charter Communications Website Job Title Scala Dev Work Arrangement 4 days on site 1 day remote Address 6175 S Willow Drive Greenwood Village Colorado United States Contract Length Contract through June 2026, Possible extension through December 2026 Candidate Rate C2C $70 an hour Interview structure Webex or on site if local Hiring manager Known manager for 5 years, and frustrated with cognizant Top skills • • Scala for Backend Video Services - IP TV (television over the internet)- • Backend Scala API Implementation Win Strategy • Local candidates, Must be an on site interview • Will conduct a walkthrough, followed by a video recorded technical screen Role Overview We're looking for a Scala Backend Engineer to join a small, agile team at Charter. You'll build and maintain microservices and REST APIs that power IP TV features like entitlement verification and parental controls. Key Details • Tech Stack: Scala, Scalatra, Kafka, MongoDB, Memcached, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo, Splunk, Datadog • Style: Functional programming, fully asynchronous with Scala Futures • Responsibilities: Design and implement scalable microservices, work on high-volume APIs (hundreds of millions of calls/day), collaborate in Agile environment • Contract: Through end of year, confirmed extension into 2026 • Requirements: Strong Scala backend experience, NoSQL (MongoDB), containerization/orchestration, monitoring tools, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab), AWS services, test-driven development Job Description Top Skills: Scala for Backend Video Services - IP TV (television over the internet)- Backend Scala API Implementation Tech Scala, Scalatra, Memcached, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Datadog Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo), Monitoring Technologies (Aplunk, Datadog) Contract runs through EOY - Confirmed Extension for 2026 Job Summary Charter is looking for a strong Scala backend engineer with microservices experience to work in a small, agile team. The team develops client-facing REST APIs that provide data for IP TV (television over the internet), for functionality such as consumer entitlement verification, on/off-net verification, parental control verification, and settings. The technology stack includes Scala, Scalatra, Memcached, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk and Datadog. All code is written in a functional style and is fully asynchronous using Scala Futures. The team works at scale, handling hundreds of millions of REST calls per day. Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions. Required Qualifications Technologies Strong experience with Scala back-end API implementation Understanding of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases Strong mindset with a willingness to learn new domains and technologies Expertise in end-to-end understanding of the system and testing the services Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks Experience using AWS managed services Experience with caching architectures, particularly Memcached Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Argo, etc). Strong experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc). Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI) Experience using CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Gitlab) Skills/Abilities And Knowledge Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English Strong experience working with DevOps engineers to build and deploy infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies. Strong Understanding of Scrum/Agile development methodologies. Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision. Experience with building and designing REST APIs using Scala. Experience with software security principles and patterns. Ability to collaborate with and contribute to a common culture of excellence. Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks. Must be capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision. Major Duties And Responsibilities Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience. Code and perform unit and integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution and adherence to business and technical requirements. Code, test, debug, and enhance software. Write programs according to specifications, and define specifications for complex programs. Monitor and repair critical systems on an as-needed basis. Develop and maintain technical documentation. Serve as the final escalation point to resolve incidents and problems for production applications and web services supported by the team in accordance with identified Service Level Agreements. Collaborate with internal customers, technical, and architecture teams to solve complex software problems. Provide system users and management with system analysis and improvement recommendations. Identify and recommend system design/requirements needs for software enhancements. Implement, monitor, test, and audit new software programs to maximize the efficiency of software systems. Participate in continuous performance improvement sessions to discuss opportunities to improve processes and/or standards. Coordinate with technical teams to analyze and resolve software-related problems causing operational difficulties, advising on specialized features and functions. Maximize the efficiency of the various software systems by implementing, monitoring, testing, and auditing new software programs. Follow established configuration/change control processes. 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