Senior Backend Developer - Scala (Singapore based, Hybrid)

Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

• Improve feedback cycles at all levels of development (examples: improving the experience of iterating on code locally, deploying to test environments, deploying to production).
• Quickly ramp up on the existing architecture and product features.
• Consistently deliver code that sets the standard for quality and maintainability.
• Systematically think through potential design impacts on other teams and the company.
• Review other software engineers’ code for correctness, style, and information security concerns.
• Improve the performance, maintainability, and operations of the code base by engaging in refactoring and upgrade projects.
• Identify and advocate for foundational work and practice improvements in their vertical.
• Expertise in removing manual touch points via automated testing.
• Experience mentoring less tenured engineers and onboarding new team members.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Expertise in Scala or in a similar backend programming languages, such as Java or Scala (or similar).
• Genuinely passionate about working with developers and improving their experience and velocity.
• The ability to work closely across teams and manage dependencies.
• A customer and product-focused mindset, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality.
• The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers.