Date Posted: 10/27/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 509909
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Title: Senior Scala Software Engineer
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60661
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Monday and Wednesday in office
Shift: M-F, 1st Shift
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 12
Min Hourly Rate($): 80.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 85.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, CI/CD tools, Microservices, Scala
Experience Desired:
Hands-on experience building enterprise backend applications. (8+ yrs),
Scala Programming (3+ yrs),
Akka Framework (Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence) (2+ yrs),
AWS Cloud & Microservices Architecture (5+ yrs),
CI/CD & Agile Software Development (3+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Description
Required Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years or Masters Degree with 8+ years
Required Qualifications:
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build platform notification services that enable CLIENT customers to be alerted for events that are critical to efficiently operate CLIENT engines and machines.
Typical task breakdown:
• As a Senior Software Engineer you will be is responsible for development of services using Scala and Akka technologies
• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
• Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Guides the team to develop structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment
• Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
• Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by CLIENT management from time to time.
Required Technical Skills:
• 5+ years of software development experience using Java 8+
• 3+ years of Scala programming experience
• 2+ years of Akka technologies such as Streams, Actors, HTTP, Persistence
Top candidates will also have:
• Experience with design and implementation of high-availability and reliable solutions
• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
• Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
• Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
• Deploying and maintaining software using AWS. Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, etc
• Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
• Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities
Nice to Have:
• Experience designing well-defined Spring Boot Restful APIs
• Experience in functional programming
• Exposure to type level and Zio framework
• Exposure to Reactive Streaming
Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:
• Consistent job hopping/ choppy tenure
• Resumes should not exceed 3 pages
• Candidates who have been “all over the place” in this capacity.
• If the candidate(s) cannot speak to their skills and experience that are listed on their resume, DO NOT SUBMIT THEM.
Benefits:
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California Pay Equity:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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