Spark SME

Join us, and shape the future of financial technology!

Krakow-based opportunity with the possibility to work 70% remotely!

As a Spark SME, you will be working for our client, a leading financial institution that is transforming its technology landscape to enhance risk management capabilities. You will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining a strategic aggregation platform for Risk managers. This role is part of a significant initiative focused on delivering modern OLAP solutions and improving the existing architecture within a dynamic and collaborative engineering team. Your expertise will drive innovation and efficiency in handling vast data volumes in a fast-paced environment.

Your main responsibilities:

• Reviewing and implementing improvements in Spark cluster setup and configuration
• Leading issue resolution and enhancing the team’s Spark capabilities
• Analyzing, designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting IT solutions
• Integrating data processing services with analytics libraries from the Risk Analytics team
• Adopting DevOps and Agile principles to automate testing and build CI/CD pipelines
• Maintaining the production environment and addressing infrastructure issues
• Collaborating with business stakeholders and IT teams on requirement analysis
• Supporting incident resolution and monitoring within the platform
• Investigating technology solutions to overcome project blockers
• Ensuring high-quality delivery for both functional and non-functional requirements

You’re ideal for this role if you have:

• A university degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related discipline
• Solid experience in Spark development and distributed application design (Spark with Scala/Java/Python)
• Proven capability in improving Spark performance and coding quality
• Solid knowledge of software testing, hands on experience of delivering different types of testing automation with proper technology such as Junit, Cucumber, Karate, Rest Assured , Pact
• Proficiency in Java 11+ or Python 3.7+, with experience in Unix/Linux, Git, and Maven
• Strong knowledge of software testing and automation technologies
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Enthusiasm and motivation to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Experience with Agile methodologies and the full software development lifecycle

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Experience using public cloud platforms like GCP or AWS
• Solid knowledge of Spring framework: Spring boot, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud, Spring Cloud Gateway, Eureka
• Knowledge of financial risk management in the banking industry
• Familiarity with the Traded Risk domain and related policies
• Experience in streaming solution builds and distributed computation
• Understanding of OLAP data modeling and data warehouse technologies
• Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience of Apache Beam, Apache Flink, Apache Samza, Hazelcast, Dataflow
• MDX, XMLA, Flink, Redis, Apache Beam, Apache Airflow
• Scrum Master certification or PMP certification
• FRM or CFA certification

#GETREADY  to meet with us!

We would like to meet you. If you are interested please apply and attach your CV in English or Polish, including a statement that you agree to our processing and storing of your personal data. You can always also apply by sending us an email at recruitment@itds.pl.

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