Scala Developer

Unify Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Unify Technologies in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Scala backend developer to design and build RESTful APIs and microservices. You will contribute to high-performance distributed systems and collaborate with frontend, QA, and PM teams.

The role emphasizes functional programming with modern FP libraries, code reviews, and mentoring juniors within a multinational team. Prior experience with Akka streams, clustering, and SQL/NoSQL databases is valued.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience in Scala functional programming with FP frameworks.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and FP libraries like cats/scalaz/ZIO.
• Experience building reliable distributed systems with Akka Streams, clustering, and HTTP.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Comfort with Gitlab, Jira, and Confluence workflows.
• Experience with large data sets and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and Microservices, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Perform code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues, identifying and implementing effective solutions.
• Evaluate the implemented code and its possible optimization.
• Code development according to best practices for security.
• Collaborate with Frontend developers, testers, and project managers to integrate with other systems.
• Work with an international team and share knowledge with teammates.

Skills

Scala FP

Play/Akka/Lagom

Cats/Scalaz/ZIO

Akka Streams

Akka Clustering

Akka HTTP

REST APIs

Gitlab/Jira/Confluence

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Communication

Tools

Redis

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Oracle

DB2

Elasticsearch

Splunk

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and Microservices, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Perform code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues, identifying and implementing effective solutions.
• Evaluate the implemented code and its possible optimization.
• Code development according to the best practices for application and data security.
• Collaborate with Frontend developers, testers, and project managers to integrate with other software systems.
• Work with an international team and share knowledge, skills, and information with your teammates.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on proven experience in Scala Functional Programming with any Microservices Frameworks: Play/Akka/Lagom/Slick/Finch/Chaos/Lift/BlueEyes/Scalatra.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, hands-on experience with advanced FP libraries (like cats/scalaz/ZIO) and very comfortable with FP Concepts, FP optimizations like tail recursion or trampolining.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with hands-on experience building reliable large-scale distributed systems on Akka Streams, Akka clustering, and Akka HTTP methods.
• Experience with designing and developing RESTful APIs and Microservices.
• Comfort with workflows in Gitlab, Jira, and Confluence.
• Comfort with large data sets, preferably experience with Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2 or NoSQL Databases such as Apache Cassandra, Amazon Elasticache, Redis, Splunk, or Elasticsearch.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.