[ref. y36917520] Senior Scala/Spark Software Developer

Overview:

PDF was recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Small Employers for 2023. This ranking highlights only 300 companies out of 10,000+ that were considered in the Forbes nationwide analysis and PDF solutions ranked 55! The results are based on an employee satisfaction survey as well as a social listening analysis of employee feedback conducted by a Forbes research firm.

JOB OBJECTIVES:

This role could have a huge impact on both the quality of our products used globally, as well as boosting the efficiency of our development/deployment pipeline to deliver solutions faster to our customers.

Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understanding and review of requirements, translation into possible software designs, as well as contributing to design reviews.
• Develop web-based applications and microservices using technologies such as .NET Core and Scala, demonstrating proficiency in both functional and object-oriented programming.
• Collaborating with application and product management teams on understanding future use cases of this real time infrastructure, incorporation of these changing requirements into updated designs.
• Deployment, maintenance, and identification of areas of improvement in deployed infrastructure.
• Definition of KPI and benchmarking of deployed infrastructure, publishing of KPI results to user base of infrastructure.
• Promote code quality by adhering to best practices, conducting code reviews, and ensuring adherence to coding standards.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test to ensure software reliability and performance.
• Grow by improving skills and learning new ones, develop strengths, talents, and expertise.
• Mentor and lead junior developers, fostering their growth through guidance and support.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Minimum eight years of experience with Scala programming.
• Experience with IT activities like server configuration.
• Strong knowledge of databases, including SQL (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., Cassandra).
• Experience with big data and distributed systems like Apache Spark and Apache Ignite.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with developing and integrating workflows using tools like Elsa 3.
• Familiarity with GitHub for source control and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work in both a collaborative team-oriented environment and remote-independent environment.
• Self-motivated and great organizational skills.
• Fast learner and ability to learn new technologies and skills quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Able to read and write in English at a professional level.

Qualifications:

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Experience in semiconductor industry, understanding of wafer flows and basic manufacturing steps.
• Experience with SEMI standards.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, related engineering degree, or proven industry experience.
• Five years of experience developing software or components for Windows and Linux operating systems, ideally in real time systems, in a team development environment.

Pay Range: CAD $100,000.00 - CAD $130,000.00 /Yr.