Description
Technical Lead - SCALA
Location: Noida, India
Department: Engineering
Experience: 7 to 10 Years
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced and technically strong Technical Lead - Scala to join our
engineering team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Scala-based backend
development along with good leadership capabilities. This role requires end-to-end ownership of
design, development, and delivery of scalable, distributed systems, while mentoring senior and
junior engineers and driving technical excellence across the team.
As a Technical Lead, you will work closely with architects, product owners, and cross-functional
teams to build high-quality, secure, and resilient solutions. You are expected to be hands-on,
proactive, and capable of making sound technical decisions while fostering a collaborative and
learning-oriented engineering culture.
Experience Required: 7 to 10 Years
Job Type: Permanent
Job Location: Noida Sector 144
Work Model: Hybrid / Remote
Key Responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership in the design, development, and deployment of backend
services using Scala and modern frameworks.
• Architect and develop event-driven, microservice-based distributed systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery of features, ensuring quality, scalability, performance, and security.
• Guide and mentor team members, conduct code reviews, and promote best engineering
practices.
• Ensure high test coverage through unit, integration, and automated testing.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver business-aligned
solutions.
• Drive implementation and continuous improvement of monitoring, alerting, logging, and
observability.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, production issues, and
technical debt.
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Advocate clean code, design patterns, and adherence to SDLC and Agile practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of overall software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in
Scala (2.13+).
• Solid experience with Play Framework and Akka Actors.
• Strong background in building RESTful APIs, working with GraphQL, and designing event-
driven microservices.
• Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous, non-blocking architectures.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL or No-
SQL databases like Cassandra and MongoDB.
• Working knowledge of AWS services including S3, RDS Aurora, Kinesis, Athena, and
CloudWatch.
• Strong focus on monitoring, debugging, and observability, with experience using tools like
Datadog, Rollbar, and Sumo Logic.
• Familiarity with incident response processes and postmortem-driven improvement culture.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and following standard SDLC practices.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Prior experience in a technical lead or senior mentoring role.
• Proven ability to debug and troubleshoot complex production issues in distributed systems.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working in cloud-native or high-scale production environments.
• Passion for continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and building high-performing teams.
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