Java Developer with Scala

Java Developer with Scala

Headquartered in New Jersey (U.S), Cygnus Professionals Inc. is a next generation global information technology Solution and Consulting company powered by strong management and leadership team with over 30 person years of experience. Today, Cygnus has strong footprints in more than 4 countries with more than 25 satisfied customers. We strive to extend our presence across industries and geographies with our industry-focused business excellence.

Cygnus Professionals Inc. has been named by the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) as one of the “Fast 100 Asian American Businesses” – joining the country’s fastest-growing Asian American-owned companies, based on percentage revenue growth over the immediate past two years.

Role: Jr. & Sr. Java with Scala Developer
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA
Duration: 6 Months Contract (will continually extend)
Mode of Interview: Face To Face After Phone

Minimum Education, Experience, & Specialized Knowledge Required:
• Computer Science Degree from an accredited university
• Linux shell scripting
• SQL
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, including a positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Ability to learn new frameworks, languages, paradigms, and techniques quickly and with little direction
• Functional programming experience in any language
• Strong Comp. Sci. fundamentals and firm understandings of data structures and algorithms
• Relational database development and data warehousing know-how
• Object-oriented design, with a focus on type systems and static typing, multiple inheritance, and gang of 4 design patterns
• SOA experience creating web services and APIs
• Test driven design and automated testing techniques
• Can take a passionate stand on technology and communicate across a large organization
• Development team leadership

Nice to Haves:
• Passion for open source technologies, with a history of contributions
• Scala
• Actor based concurrency systems (Akka, Scalaz, or Quasar)
• Apache Spark and related technologies (Hive, HDFS, Hadoop, YARN, Mesos)
• DevOps expertise (git, Jenkins, Maven, SBT, Eclipse, JIRA, OpsCode Chef)
• CloudOps familiarity (IaaS like AWS, PaaS, Docker, Vagrant, Infrastructure as code, continuous deployment)
• Static code analysis tooling usage (SonarQube, Findbugs)
• Enterprise middleware technologies such as ESB, BPEL and OData
• Experience with binary serialization protocols and Hadoop SerDe in general: Apache Avro, Parquet, ORC, ProtocolBuffer, or Kryo
• Healthcare data a plus

Qualifications

Minimum Education, Experience, & Specialized Knowledge Required:
• Computer Science Degree from an accredited university

Additional Information

** U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.