Senior Scala Developer - Data Engineer

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lastminute.com is looking for a Senior Data Engineer / Senior Scala Developer for its Data Platform Team based in Chiasso.

The candidate will have the possibility to work in a challenging environment, designing and implementing data-intensive applications and solutions, contributing to the improvement and the reliability of the Company's data platform, leveraging their programming and data solutions design skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Data-intensive applications development and delivery within the Data Platform Team.
• Ensure continuous improvement in delivering, developing, and monitoring the data platform pipelines' data quality and performances, applying engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with other teams to address issues and solutions design to fit the architecture/evolution of the Data Platform
  
  

Essential

• 5+ years of experience in data-intensive applications development on the JVM
• Solid knowledge and expertise in Scala applications development, ideally using functional programming design patterns
• Solid knowledge of the big data ecosystem: tooling, data serialisation formats, data pipelines and data modelling.
• Understanding of data platform architectures and common implementation patterns.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform is a plus)
• Experience with relational and multidimensional databases.
• Basic knowledge of Linux administration and system tools
• Strong problem-solving skills with working experience in gathering both functional and technical requirements.

Desirable

• Google Cloud Data Tools (Pub/Sub, DataFlow, Cloud Storage, ...)
• MPP databases (Microfocus Vertica)
• Functional Programming
• Akka Suite
• Basic knowledge of Talend
• Previous experience on Agile methodology
• Previous experience in OTA companies
  
  

Abilities/qualities

• Strong motivation and passionate learner
• Experience working in a challenging environment
• Curious and analytical mindset
• Self-starter attitude