Full Stack Scala Developer

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Purpose

We are looking for a full stack developer to join our software development team for the CreateiQ platform, a digital document automation and negotiation platform with a core client base in the financial services industry.

The CreateiQ platform consists of a back-end application developed in the Scala programming language using the Play framework, and a front-end single page app written in TypeScript/JavaScript with React framework. Experience of these technologies is useful, but not essential.

More about Nakhoda:

Nakhoda is a Linklaters-backed LegalTech start-up, operating primarily from London (our headquarters) and New York. Our clients are predominantly global banks, and we work closely with a range of teams within Linklaters, most notably practice-facing lawyers who assist in product development.

What we are looking for

• A strong full stack developer with a willingness to learn
• Effective & strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely.
• A self-learner with a passion to learn new technologies.
• Pragmatic & results orientated with key attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and rapidly switch contexts.
• Strong commercial awareness and continual drive to maximise delivery of business value.
• Excellent team-working skills and the ability to liaise closely with key stakeholders and to estimate and prioritise requests as appropriate.

Expectations of the role

• Design and development of both the front-end and back-end elements of the CreateiQ platform in accordance with the requirements of the Product team;
• Work with key stakeholders and clients to influence the product vision and design of the CreateiQ platform;
• Work with our team of legal engineers to help design, develop and improve tools around converting traditional contracts and other documents into the structured format for the CreateiQ platform; and
• To be involved in the design and development of new features and products, including working closely with our Product team and senior lawyers to build quick prototypes to test new ideas and solutions

Experience required

• Experience building web applications using front-end technologies and frameworks such as TypeScript/JavaScript (particularly with React), HTML and CSS at a minimum.
• Experience building web applications using back-end technologies and frameworks such as Scala, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby or node.js.
• Experience of analysis, designing and developing new web systems and features
• Experience using distributed code versioning tools such as Git or Mercurial
• Experience in agile software development practices and tools.
• Experience using testing frameworks.

The Team

The CreateiQ team is a high-performing, diverse group of product managers, business development professionals, support staff, testers, legal engineers and software engineers. The team combines the best parts of start-up culture to support fun, creativity and risk-taking along with the benefits of the backing of a large organisation such as Linklaters.

As a full stack developer you would join a small group of Linklaters-employed software engineers who augment the technology team managed by our technical partners.

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Health
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidized health club membership
• On site GP service
• Wealth
• Contributory pension
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Income protection
• Lifestyle
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Matched giving
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join social and sporting clubs, including football, netball, choir and cycling

Send your resume to linklaters@scalajobs.com