Senior Android Engineer

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work closely with a lean team and take responsibilities in building new applications & improving existing ones. You’ll be building systems from scratch and would be expected to take end-to-end ownership.
What do we expect from you:
Software development experience of 5+ years with Scala, Java or Play Framework.
Experience of working with microservices, architecture, and patterns.
Experience of working with relational and non-relational databases.
Experience of working with backend for mobile apps.
Interest in latest technologies and proactive in tinkering with it.
Entrepreneurial in nature. Doesn't believe in the status quo.
Can work independently. Independent contributor with minimal supervision, and handholding.
Can find out smart ways of doing things, not necessarily the perfect way.

What will you work on:
Responsible for building backend for products developed under the New Initiatives team while providing know-how in the full software development lifecycle.
Building a reliable system while having the ability to move fast.
Participating in problem-solving sessions with the team & providing solutions.
Developing a framework to allow rapid prototyping.

It would be great if you also have:
Scala or any other functional programming languages (Haskell, Erlang, Clojure, etc.)
NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Mongo, etc), Relational databases.
Event-driven systems, stream processing
Akka
Pure functional programming and libraries such as Cats, Scalaz
Kubernetes, Continuous Delivery
Distributed systems
Shipping your own side/hobby project(s) end-to-end