
ON SITE 3-4 DAYS A WEEK (NON-NEGOTIABLE AND MANDATORY)
- 10+ years backend engineering experience building enterprise distributed systems in Java environments
- Strong hands-on development with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices architecture
- Deep experience with Apache Kafka including event streaming concepts, producers/consumers, and message architecture
- Experience with stream processing technologies such as Apache Flink, Apache Beam, or similar
- Proven ability designing event-driven architectures and real-time data pipelines
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and system performance optimization
- Experience working with SQL / NoSQL databases and applying optimization techniques (indexing, query tuning, data modeling)
- Experience building and deploying services in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Familiarity with containerization and DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions)
- Experience implementing observability and monitoring practices (Prometheus, Grafana, logging frameworks, metrics)
- Strong hands-on coding ability — not purely architectural or management focused
- Experience acting as a technical lead or senior engineer mentoring developers and guiding delivery
- Ability to translate technical solutions to stakeholders and act as liaison between engineering teams and clients
- Strong communication skills with ability to whiteboard architecture, explain design decisions, and collaborate across teams
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments using tools such as JIRA and structured development workflows
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