Cloud Data Engineer - Scala - Spark/Databricks - MS Azure - Big Data Technologies - London, UK

Scala - Spark/Databricks - MS Azure - Big Data Technologies - Hadoop - London, UK

Location: Canary Wharf, London

Working Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days on-site, 2 days remote)

Employment Basis: 12-month contract

Daily rate: £500-£550

Opportunity

We are looking for Cloud Software Engineer - Scala/Azure Cloud to:

• Design and Develop high quality software solutions for Market Risk platform
• Develop new applications to meet regulatory commitments
• Develop applications using Scala programming language
• Implement scalable solutions to meet the ever increasing data volumes, using Scala, big data/cloud technologies Apache Spark, Hadoop, Microsoft Azure Cloud computing etc.
• Migrate on-prem apps or build new Apps into Azure Cloud (or) using Big Data Technologies ie Azure Data Lakes, Spark, Scala, Python, Java, Azure Data Factory, Azure Batch

Your Profile

• BS or MS (preferred) in Computer Science or Information Technology
• Hands on Experience as a software engineer in a globally distributed team working with Scala programming language
• Experience with big-data technologies Spark/Databricks and Hadoop/ADLS is a must
• Experience in any one of the cloud platform Azure (Preferred), AWS or Google
• Experience building data lakes and data pipelines in cloud using Azure and Databricks or similar tools.
• Spark Developer certification from any of (Databricks, MAPR, Cloudera or Hortonworks) is added advantage but not required
• Practice with Unix command line tools
• Familiarity working with agile methodology
• Strong database and data analysis skills
• A history of producing secure and clean code that is stable, operational, consistent and well-performing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and synthesizing skills (know how to figure things out
• Experience in financial services is a plus, but not required