I have no commercial Scala or Java experience. However I wouldn't mind coding in Scala. I like OO, I like FP, I'm comfortable with expression based programming

I have no commercial Scala or Java experience. However I wouldn't mind coding in Scala. I like OO, I like FP, I'm comfortable with expression based programming and immutability. Based on that alone - and playing with Scala in my spare time - I feel like someone with my background may be more suited than someone with a commercial Java "mutate every variable" background. But I'd never get through your filters.