6+ years of backend development experience (Go/Java/Rust/Python) 3+ years of commercial Golang experience 2+ years of experience with high traffic / high load distributed systems and data pipelines Experience with Databases - relational and non-relational, including performance / schema / query optimization. Experience developing enterprise-grade SaaS products, microservices and containers Experienced working with microservices and containers (Docker) Experience and passion for distributed systems design and infrastructure Familiarity with modern Devops frameworks and best practices - Docker, K8s, GitOps, CI/CD A knack for benchmarking and optimization