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Scala Developer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Freelance

20-01-2026

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Skills

Java Scala Big Data Programming SDLC Hadoop Spark Kafka

Job Specifications

Scala Developer

Major project at an investment bank requires a Senior Scala Developer to join a highly successful Big Data development team. The successful candidate will undertake full development lifecycle responsibilities, largely focused around server-side components and will be required to have good knowledge of Scala based Data Centric custom-built applications.

Taking responsibility to analyse business or technical requirements and design solutions to develop critical components across risk, instrument data and trading solutions for FX, Equity and Fixed Income products, the successful candidate will be required to have seen a number of successful development initiatives from initiation through various implementation phases, contributing to Big Data solutions for high throughput systems.

Essential skills:

Core functional Programming in Scala and Java
Full SDLC experience
Working with large data sets across Hadoop / Kafka / Spark / Hive
Commercial OO development
TDD frameworks and BDD frameworks
Design
Banking/Financial Services experience desirable but not essential

Scala Developer

About the Company

mthree helps organisations succeed by building job-ready teams with the most in-demand skills. We bridge the skills gap at every level in technology, business and banking. Whether we’re deploying trained emerging talent and seasoned experts or reskilling existing employees, we provide the people and skills you need across the globe. We offer new ways to create high performance teams – complementing traditional strategies like recruitment, internal graduate programmes, and the big consultancies. Know more