TTT - Scala and Spark developers - Staff

Scala Developer (Senior) – Job Description

 

EY’s GDS Tax Technology team’s mission is to develop, implement and integrate technology solutions that better serve our clients and engagement teams. As a member of EY’s core Tax practice, you’ll develop a deep tax technical knowledge and outstanding database, data analytics and programming skills.

 

Ever-increasing regulations require tax departments to gather, organize and analyse more data than ever before. Often the data necessary to satisfy these ever-increasing and complex regulations must be collected from a variety of systems and departments throughout an organization. Effectively and efficiently handling the variety and volume of data is often extremely challenging and time consuming for a company.

 

EY's GDS Tax Technology team members work side-by-side with the firm's partners, clients and tax technical subject matter experts to develop and incorporate technology solutions that enhance value-add, improve efficiencies and enable our clients with disruptive and market leading tools supporting Tax.

 

GDS Tax Technology works closely with clients and professionals in the following areas: Federal Business Tax Services, Partnership Compliance, Corporate Compliance, Indirect Tax Services, Human Capital, and Internal Tax Services. GDS Tax Technology provides solution architecture, application development, testing and maintenance support to the global TAX service line both on a pro-active basis and in response to specific requests.

 

 

The opportunity

 

We’re looking for a Tax Senior with expertise in Scala Developer (Senior)  to join the TTT team in Tax SL. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a pioneer firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of a new service offering.

 

 

Your key responsibilities

 

• Work Experience – 3 to 5 years of hands-on development experience specifically in Scala (Spark).
• Development experience with RDDs, writing code for performing actions, transformations using in-memory processing using Scala.
• Development experience in data frames and data sets and preparing notebooks in Scala for running jobs in spark.
• Experience with optimizing existing code for better performance and efficiency.
• Exposure on the database side (understanding of read / write queries, handling data volume) and basic understanding of NoSQL databases like Cassandra and Astra.
• Understanding of distributed computing and related technologies (Databricks).
• Hands on experience with development tools like IntelliJ.
• Knowledge on working with high data volume projects (reading and writing up to a million records per transaction).
• Basic debugging skills and Information Security knowledge.
• Be able to perform developer testing for the components written / modified by self.
• Be able to perform Performance and load testing from a development perspective.
• Be able to prepare development documents such as design notes, development test cases, WBS (work break down structure) and effort estimation.
• Knowledge and exposure to GitHub, Azure DevOps, code maintenance and CI/CD release processes.
• Exposure to Software development life cycle and agile methodologies.
• Degree in software engineering, computer science or similar.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).

 

 

Responsibilities

 

• Developing and maintaining software applications using the Scala. Writing clean, efficient, and reusable code with Scala best practices.
• Working on integrating third-party libraries and APIs with Scala.
• Work with the dev team closely and provide guidance to improve their skillset and help them complete the deliverables within the planned time frame.
• Review the code written by the team members and suggest changes in terms of coding standards, best practices, performance optimization and security considerations.
• Implementing test-driven development and automated testing for Scala applications
• Provide multiple alternatives for resolving a problem explaining the pros and cons of each approach.
• Ability to have an overall understanding of the code to be able to connect to topics discussed during design, development or issue debugging sessions.
• Work on code optimization activities periodically and ensure quality of work delivered.
• Participate meaningfully in design and architecture sessions, requirements understanding meetings by asking questions, confirming understanding, and summarizing the discussion.
• Send daily / weekly status reports and summaries of the work completed for the day / week.
• Participate in scrum calls and other technical discussion calls with the team.
• Train and provide guidance for team members on technologies and development concepts.
• Work with the team on providing estimates, creating WBS (work breakdown structure) for the development tasks assigned.
• Staying updated with the latest Scala developments and framework.
• Be self - organizing and plan the day based on the priorities communicated.

 

 

What we offer

 

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

 

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success, as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.