3-5 years building, testing, and deploying production software Backend engineer with full-stack skills and strong data processing experience Strong hands-on coding excellence: write clean, maintainable code quickly Portfolio of work to showcase and discuss Experience with modern technologies: Python, Go, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Angular Proven experience with high-scale systems: databases, cloud infrastructure (AWS), API development, software architecture Proven ability to ship features quickly, balancing speed with quality Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming platforms (Bonus) Carrier integration or IoT connectivity experience (Bonus) Database optimization and performance tuning (Bonus)