2+ years of experience in software engineering Proficiency in writing production-ready code in modern languages (TS/JS, Java, .NET, Go, etc.) Solid understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and networking fundamentals (HTTP, DNS, TLS) Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Experience with containerized deployments and orchestration tools, especially Kubernetes (EKS) (Preferred) Experience with messaging systems (AWS SQS, ActiveMQ, Kafka, AWS SNS etc.) (Preferred) Experience working on secure systems (Public-Key Infrastructure, Identity & Access Management, cryptographic protocols) (Preferred) Experience with CI/CD tools and practices, such as GitHub Actions, automated testing, and deployment pipelines (Preferred) Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform (Preferred)