Years of software development experience, including building and operating cloud-native solutions in production
Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives, influencing stakeholders, and mentoring engineers
Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, and/or Go, with the ability to build, test, debug, and maintain production-grade applications and services
Hands-on experience building modern web applications and APIs - React, Node.js, API integration, performance, testing, and maintainability
Proven ability to design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native applications, preferably on AWS, with a strong grasp of core cloud concepts
Expertise developing secure, scalable, and performant RESTful APIs
Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL database concepts, data modeling, performance, and trade-offs; experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, or similar
Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, CircleCI, or similar, including GitOps-based delivery
Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar, with a strong understanding of the infrastructure being automated
Fluency with AI coding agents and assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) as part of daily engineering work - design, implementation, testing, debugging, code review, and documentation - with strong engineering judgment and full ownership of the output
Skilled in GitHub workflows, version control, code review (including reviewing and validating AI-generated code), and technical documentation