Lead Software Engineer (Scala/Spark/AWS)

What's the role?

As a Lead Engineer, you’ll be part of a high-impact engineering team building a platform that transforms massive datasets into building blocks for content creation. You’ll:

• Design and architect scalable systems for data processing and analytics.
• Build services and APIs that provide direct access to rich datasets.
• Integrate machine-learnared models into production systems in collaboration with data science teams.
• Leverage AWS for storage and compute infrastructure.
• Own and evolve frameworks that accelerate time-to-market while ensuring compliance with availability, scalability, and security standards.
• Lead technical design reviews and software implementation with automated testing.
• Drive peer code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Champion continuous improvement, coding standards, and code quality metrics.
• Automate build, release, deployment, and monitoring processes.

 

Who are you?

You’re a proactive problem-solver with a passion for scalable systems and clean code. You bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years of experience in software design and development of distributed systems, including 2 years in a lead engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with object-oriented and functional programming using Java, Scala, and Python.
• Expertise in building RESTful web services and deploying analytics solutions in AWS.
• Familiarity with technologies like Spark, Flink, and Scala for large-scale data processing.
• Experience with CI/CD, unit testing (e.g., JUnit), and structured code reviews (e.g., Gerrit, Crucible).
• Knowledge of Docker and automated deployment practices.
• Strong documentation and testing skills, including integration and contract testing.

What Do We Offer?

• Work with extraordinary developers solving meaningful problems.
• Freedom to shape how you work and contribute.
• A collaborative, inclusive environment with supportive colleagues.
• Opportunities for growth, learning, and impact.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

 

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Who are we?

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

 

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.