Scala expert

About this roleWe are seeking an experienced MongoDB Developer/DBA who will be

responsible for maintaining MongoDB databases while optimizing performance, security, and

the availability of MongoDB clusters. As a key member of our team, you’ll play a crucial role in

ensuring our data infrastructure runs smoothly.

You'll have the following responsibilities

 Maintain and Configure MongoDB Instances - Responsible for build, design, deploy,

maintain, and lead the MongoDB Atlas infrastructure. Keep clear documentation of the

database setup and architecture.

 Ownership of governance, defining and enforcing policies in MongoDB Atlas.Provide

consultancy in drawing the design and infrastructure (MongoDB Atlas) for use case.

 Service and Governance wrap will be in place to restrict over provisioning for server size,

number of clusters per project and scaling through MongoDB Atlas

 Gathering and documenting detailed business requirements applicable to the data

layer.Responsible for designing, configuring and managing MongoDB on Atlas.

 Design, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality technical solutions on the

MongoDB Atlas platform based on industry best practices to solve business needs.

Resolves technical issues raised by the team and/or customer and manages escalations as

required.

 Migrate data from on-premise MongoDB and RDBMS to MongoDB AtlasCommunicate

and collaborate with other technical resources and customers in providing timely updates

on status of deliverables, shedding light on technical issues, and obtaining buy-in on

creative solutions.

 Write procedures for backup and disaster recovery.

You'll have the following skills & experience

 Excellent analytical, diagnostic skills, and problem-solving skills

 Should understand the Database concept and develop expertise in designing and

developing NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

 MongoDB query operation, import and export operation in database

 Experience in ETL methodology for performing Data Migration, Extraction,

Transformation, Data Profiling and Loading

 Migrating database by ETL, migrating database by manual process and designing,

development, implementation

 General networking skills, especially in the context of a public cloud (e.g. AWS – VPC,

subnets, routing tables, nat / internet gateways, dns, security groups)

 Experience using Terraform as an IaC tool for setting up infrastructure on AWS

CloudPerforming database backups and recovery

 Competence in at least one of the following languages (in no particular order): Java, C++,

C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript), Ruby, Perl, Scala, Go

 Excellent communication skills, often being able to compromise but draw out risks and

constraints associated with solutions. Be able to work independently and collaborate with

other teams

 Proficiency in configuring schema and MongoDB data modeling.

 Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.

 Comfortable with MongoDB syntax.

 Experience with database security management.

 Performance Optimization - Ensure databases achieve maximum performance and

availability. Design effective indexing strategies.

About us

At Lucidity, we are a year and a half old company and we work on helping large enterprises manage their cloud storage platform. 

Our founders bring with them more than a decade of experience working with top tech Gaints in the world, building and selling large tech products from zero to one. We are seeing a lot of early traction and expanding aggresively.

We are a B2B product based startup building the next generation of storage orchestration system for cloud. We are hiring agressively across multiple roles and looking for passionate engineers to join a very young and energetic team at Lucidity.

What you'll do

Technology is at the heart of our organization. As part of the tech team you will

• Understand product requirements and brainstorm ways to address them.
• Build features from scratch and have complete ownership for it.
• Deliver efficient, reliable, scalable code with high automated test coverage.
• Contribute to team decisions in the overall architecture and practices of the company.

What you'll need

Must haves

• At least 1 year experience in a product based company.
• Experience working with distributed environments.
• Comfortable with at least one Object Oriented Programming language.
• Hands on with AWS or at least one other public cloud.

Good to have

• Experience handling highly scalable systems.
• Experience with at least one among C++, Java.
• Experience with docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Linux file systems.

Additional

• B Tech/M Tech in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Deeply technical with a track record of successful delivery.

Why us
We're hiring a set of highly skilled, enthusiastic and passionate people who thrive in a high growth environment. We believe the best way to grow is to give everyone the opportunity to pursue their interests. At Lucidity, you have complete freedom to work on projects that interest you. Plus, with benefits like flexible hours, company offsites, unlimited leaves, we ensure you enjoy the journey as much as we do.

• Identify bad code practices in Scala and write new analyzers to detect them.
• Improve the coverage of automatically fixable issues.
• Ensure fewer false-positives are reported by the analyzer.
• Work on the internal tools that support analysis runtimes.
• Contribute to open-source static analysis tools.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Strong foundational knowledge in Computer Science.
• At least 3 years of professional software development experience in Scala and Java.
• Understanding of the nuances of execution of the source code (AST, data flow graphs, etc).
• Familiarity with Scala best practices followed in the industry.
• Native experience with Linux/Unix environment.
• A focus on delivering high-quality code through strong testing practices.

• In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language such as Clojure, Go, Python, Java, Javascript (Node), Ruby, Erlang/Elixir
• Thorough understanding of PostgreSQL. Experience working with views, common table expressions (CTE), window functions, joins, different kinds of indexes, etc.
• Practical knowledge of Linux server management
• Understanding of functional programming concepts
• Knowledge of Chef, Puppet, Salt, etc. is a plus
• Experience in distributed systems is a plus

• Plan future implementations by working closely with the product team
• Deliver an amazing user experience by working with the front-end developers
• Write test suites and deploy code into production
• Setup monitoring and alerts for in-production services
• Automate deployments

• You want to build a world-class Saas B2B communication product, using the latest tools, from scratch
• You love to code 8+ hours a day and solve hard problems by building software you are proud of
• You enjoy working with directly with amazing entrepreneurs
• You are driven by the desire to learn
• You like the pressure to perform because it makes you a better person
• You are passionate about getting stuff done
• You are passionate about making a tangible difference in the world
• Passionate about writing elegant, functional efficient code

1. Resume Screen
2. Phone screen
3. Technical interview and take-home assignment
4. Interview with founders
5. Offer

• The co-founders have been running companies in at least five countries over the past fifteen years, including deep experience in technology, operations and sales in engineering/manufacturing businesses.
• We are part of Techstars first India batch, and part of Target and Airbus Accelerators
• Attended universities that are consistently ranked in the Top 10 in the world.
• We have a track record of raising capital and strong existing relationships with the finance community in both India, the US and the UK. We have funding for at least the next 24 months.
• We have strong domain expertise in the industry they are trying to disrupt. However, we still followed the discipline of spending six months doing rigorous customer development spanning six countries before defining their product or writing a single line of code. We have already identified and are working with ten customers.
• We have very high expectations from the candidates that we do select, especially in terms of first-principles thinking, communication and accountability. We will not select average candidates, and we want to encourage our employees to see Unifize as a learning ground for possibly starting their own technology businesses in the future.
• We strongly believe in evidence-based decisions, transparency, corporate governance, meritocracy, and an open forum for discussion.
• We explicitly want to build a team from different backgrounds and with a wide range of interests and experiences. We are committed to building a gender-balanced organization.

• Unifize helps teams that manage repeatable processes reduce wasted time by up to 95% by organizing their emails and other conversations around objectives.
• We build a cloud-based chat application that helps these companies measure and reduce time and errors in their communication processes, so their teams can focus on selling better products to happier customers.

Job Description:
Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a closely related computer technical field with 3+ years experience programming with at least one of the following languages:Java, C++, C#, Python, Go, or Perl;

OR 

• MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a closely related computer technical field 2+ years experience programming with at least one of the following languages: Java, C++, C#, Python, Go, or Perl.

ALSO 

• Minimum 3 years of experience building applications using at least one of the following: web application technologies including: HTML, CSS, or Javascript; OR Databases, for example: Mysql, Mongo, ora similar program; OR a collection of systems connected and communicating via a network connection
• Minimum 1 year of experience mentoring more junior Engineers
• Significant experience with large scale, high-performance systems