8+ years of full time software engineering experience, including in staff, lead, or architect level roles Deep experience with cloud native architecture and developing applications on Cloud, especially on AWS (must be hands on) and Azure Well versed in Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Kafka, Airflow, and DAGs Strong Python skills preferred Experience with containers, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud tooling Demonstrated ability to design and ship cloud applications at scale with low latency, auto-scaling, and request routing capabilities Familiarity with SDK development, API design (both consuming and building), and schema-less DBs Comfortable navigating both relational and NoSQL database architectures Track record of building high quality, open source or enterprise grade software Background working in high caliber tech companies or open source centric environments Solid understanding of software design patterns, cloud architectures and messaging patterns