Backend Developer

Technology industry company seeking a Backend Developer to enhance and modernize backend services and pipelines.

• Hands-on experience with production Java/Scala services.
• Familiarity with Play Framework internals.
• Experience with Spark for pipeline-heavy work.
• Comfortable with OAuth-based authentication patterns.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with React/TypeScript.
• For DevOps-leaning candidates: experience with Gradle, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Modernise backend services and pipelines by upgrading to the latest JDK, Scala 3.x, and Play Framework 3.x.
• Apply GenAI tooling to automate code transformations, dependency resolution, and compatibility fixes, producing reusable tools and documentation.
• Migrate authentication frameworks from legacy APIs to OAuth-based solutions across various backend services.
• Replace multiple data stores with a single versioned table, creating Spark/Java batch pipelines for backfill/migration and extending Scala/Play backends.