Lead Scala Developer

SNO is building and operating a high-volume, public-facing federal regulatory data platform, and it needs a lead software engineer to drive the next phase of development. In this remote role, you will architect reactive, cloud-native services, guide a distributed team, and maintain production systems that must stay accurate and available during peak filing seasons.

This full-time position is contingent upon contract award and includes a salary of USD 120,000 to 140,000 per year. You will work remotely as a core technical leader for platform development, operations, and cross-team delivery.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable, fault-tolerant, API-driven distributed services in Scala, aligned with the Reactive Manifesto.
• Serve as lead developer for a cross-functional remote team, including setting technical direction, reviewing production code, and mentoring engineers.
• Develop and maintain CQRS and event-driven systems backed by PostgreSQL.
• Implement caching layers such as Redis and asynchronous I/O pipelines to deliver and optimize large datasets.
• Ensure platform availability and error-free operations during peak filing seasons, including timely data publication.
• Build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized microservices on Kubernetes in a highly elastic environment.
• Maintain AWS environments and deploy and update services using AWS CDK.
• Deliver high-quality output through automated testing and continuous delivery.
• Use GitHub for source control, planning, and open-source collaboration.
• Support operations with metrics, monitoring, and orchestration.
• Help develop and maintain authentication and authorization services that follow federal best practices.
• Partner with product, DevOps, QA, and business analysis teams to deliver features and shared platform components.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience architecting scalable, API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed, cloud-native solutions.
• Professional experience with functional programming in Scala.
• Experience leading a cross-functional team of remote developers in a lead developer capacity.
• Demonstrated experience on open-source projects, including delivering public-facing solutions.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a federal background investigation and a favorable fitness determination.

Technologies

• Scala, Akka/Pekko, Reactive Manifesto
• CQRS, event-driven architecture
• PostgreSQL, Redis, asynchronous I/O
• Docker, Kubernetes
• AWS, AWS CDK, AWS event-driven services
• S3, EventBridge, Lambda
• Kedro, Python
• OIDC
• GitHub for source control and planning

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Mandatory technical focus

• Scala: functional programming, Akka/Pekko toolkit, reactive programming model, actor-based concurrency
• Architecture: CQRS and event-driven architecture with PostgreSQL
• Performance: caching layers (Redis or similar) and asynchronous I/O for large data delivery
• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes, including developing, deploying, and troubleshooting microservices in an elastic environment
• AWS: maintaining AWS environments and deploying services with AWS CDK
• Source control: GitHub for source code management and planning
• Design: system design for distributed, cloud-native solutions

Preferred experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (strongly preferred)
• Data pipelines built with the Kedro framework in Python
• Identity management and verification experience with OIDC
• Infrastructure as code using Python-based AWS CDK
• ETL pipelines using AWS event-driven services such as S3, EventBridge, and Lambda
• Experience in financial or regulatory data systems, or other federal government work

Work location: Remote. Job type: Full-time.