Senior Scala Engineer

Senior Data Engineer (Scala) (Remote)

The Company:

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.  

The Team:  

Our Health Engineering Solutions (HES) team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Data Engineer (Scala) who will be a key driver to make this happen. 

The Work:

We are looking for a talented Data Engineer who is eager to apply computer science, software engineering, databases, and distributed/parallel processing frameworks to prepare big data for the use of data analysts and data scientists. If you have experience with Scala and Spark and want your work to contribute to systems that collect healthcare data used by hundreds of thousands of daily users, we want to (virtually) meet you!  

Tools & Technology 

• Spark, Hadoop, Scala, Python, and AWS EMR   

• Databricks  

• PostgreSQL  

• Jenkins 

• AWS Redshift  

• AWS Step Functions  

• AWS Lambda  

• Java  

• Git and Github  

• Confluence 

Key Responsibilities and Job Duties:

• Write complex unit and integration tests for all data processing code  

•  Work with DevOps engineers on CI, CD, and IaC  

•  Read specs and translate them into test designs and test automation  

•  Perform code reviews and develop processes for improving code quality 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required (degree in Computer Science or related field preferred) 

• 5+ years of high volume experience with Scala, Spark, the Spark Engine, and the Spark Dataset API 

• 2+ years of experience with Agile methodology  

• 2+ years of experience performing data pipeline and data validation 

• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance 

• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S. 

• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years 

• MS and 3+ years of technical experience  

• Experience working in the healthcare industry with PHI/PII   

• Federal Government contracting work experience  

• Expertise working as part of a dynamic, interactive Agile team  

• Strong …