10+ years of industry experience with a focus on backend and data engineering. Proven experience designing and operating distributed data systems using a microservices architecture, with a solid understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and observability best practices. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. A track record of writing high-quality, maintainable code across multiple services and teams. Strong leadership skills to guide, mentor, and support engineers while fostering a collaborative team culture. Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment with evolving or ambiguous requirements. Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of complex projects, and drive them to completion with minimal supervision. Ability to leverage AI-powered tools and frameworks to enhance developer productivity, automate workflows, and optimize data-driven systems. Experience with AWS serverless technologies (e.g., SST, CDK, Terraform), NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB), stream processing (e.g., Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams). Experience developing backend services using modern languages such as TypeScript and Node.js. Experience deploying and managing applications on public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).