Senior Scala Software Engineer

Job ID 8296

Why Ness

We know that people are our greatest asset. Our staff's professionalism, innovation, teamwork, and dedication to excellence have helped us become one of the world's leading technology companies. It is these qualities that are vital to our continued success. As a Ness employee, you will be working on products and platforms for some of the most innovative software companies in the world.

You'll gain knowledge working alongside other highly skilled professionals that will help accelerate your career progression.

You'll also benefit from an array of advantages like access to trainings and certifications, bonuses, and aids, socializing activities, and attractive compensation. 

Requirements and responsibilities

We are looking for skilled software developers to support the migration of HERE Technologies’ Metadata Object Model (MOM) from an older version to a newer version. This project involves working with complex geospatial metadata structures and transforming legacy schemas to align with updated standards and platform capabilities. 

What you'll do

• Analyze and understand the structure, dependencies, and limitations of the existing MOM version.
• Design and implement migration logic to the new MOM version, ensuring schema compatibility and data integrity.
• Build tools and scripts for metadata transformation, validation, and automated testing.
• Collaborate with data architects and platform engineers to ensure alignment with HERE’s data standards and practices.
• Document migration workflows and contribute to onboarding materials for the new MOM version.

What you'll bring

• Excellent applied skills in Scala programming;
• Experience with geospatial data models, metadata systems, and JSON schema design;
• Strong understanding of data migration, ETL processes, and schema evolution;
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills in a distributed team environment;
• Bachelor or master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent;
• 5+ years of software development experience / Scala/;
• Good knowledge of using issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA), code collaboration tools (e.g., Git/GitLab) and team collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence/Wiki);
• Able to translate business and architectural features into quality, consistent software design;
• Solid knowledge of programming practices, strive to write great code that is reusable, flexible, and reliable;
• Strong quality mindset is considered a must: unit testing, performance testing, writing testable code;
• Self-motivated, well-organized, details-oriented and a strong team player with an agile mindset.

Not checking every single requirement?

If this role sounds good to you, even if you don't meet every single bullet point in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. For most of the candidates that applied, we found a role that was a very good fit with their skills.

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