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Scala Developers write the type-safe, functionally-composed backend systems and big-data pipelines that power India's largest data-intensive platforms — Flipkart's real-time pricing engine, Walmart Labs India's Spark-on-EMR data lake, Razorpay's event-streaming infrastructure on Kafka, and Goldman Sachs Bengaluru's risk-computation grids all run significant Scala workloads. The role sits at the intersection of functional programming (type classes, monads, effect systems via Cats Effect or ZIO) and JVM-scale distributed computing (Apache Spark DataFrames/Datasets, Structured Streaming, Akka actor systems). In India through 2026, Scala demand is concentrated at Flipkart's data-platform team, Walmart Global Tech Bengaluru, CRED's backend, ThoughtWorks, and the technology arms of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley that use Scala for proprietary trading infrastructure and risk analytics. Entry path is typically strong Java or Python background + self-taught Scala via Martin Odersky's Coursera specialisation or the Red Book; tooling fluency in SBT or Mill, and hands-on Spark or Akka experience differentiate candidates at interview.