Multiple years of experience in infrastructure/platform engineering or as DevOps engineer, with a proven track record of operating distributed systems at scale Deep hands-on experience with self-hosted Kafka and/or Redis running in Kubernetes Experience providing Database- or Messaging-as-a-Service (DBaaS/PaaS) for internal development teams or external customers Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals and best practices for managing both stateless and stateful workloads Exposure to multi-cloud environments with strong expertise in at least one major provider: AWS, GCP, or Azure Experience with IaC and GitOps practices and tools (Terraform, ArgoCD etc.) Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and workflow automation (GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, etc.) Familiarity with advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling) Strong scripting or development skills (e.g., Python, Go, or similar)