Platform Developer

Our client is an online casino technology and services company with offices in Malta, London, Gibraltar and Cape Town. They are looking to hire into their global distributed team.
This is a small company with a can-do ethos, they focus on getting stuff done, not on process or management hierarchy. They put a high importance to communication, sharing expertise and learning from others to keep improving as a team.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a server-side focused developer to help improve core platform services.
Adding new features to the existing platform
Adding new integrations to the existing platform
Working with the rest of the team to migrate the platform to a new architecture and technology stack based around Scala + Akka.
Developing services to support websites and administration UI, working with front end developers as necessary
Diagnosing and fixing production issues
Taking part in code reviews
Not being phased by the strange variety of things that need doing in a small growing company
Being proactive and not just waiting to be told the next thing to do
Finding better ways that we can get things done

Requirements:

An expertise in the Java language (3 years minimum)
Exposure to at least one other JVM based language
The ability to write raw SQL beyond just simple select statements (1 year minimum)
Familiarity with automated testing
Good interpersonal skills and a great team attitude
The ability to quickly learn new things and adapt

What we'd like you to have in an ideal world:

Some experience with Scala and its ecosystem such as Play and Akka
Familiarity with Java Servlets, because there’s always legacy code
A working knowledge of functional programming and its advantages
An understanding of asynchronous/reactive programming
Exposure to integrating third party APIs
Experience in performance profiling and tuning Java applications
Some experience with PHP as some parts of our system are written in it

to be discussed