4–7 years of backend engineering experience with proven exposure to scale Expert-level Node.js and a strong track record of writing clean, modular, reusable code Deep expertise with MongoDB (complex schemas, aggregation pipelines, indexing, sharding) Solid production experience with Redis Hands-on experience building and running microservices on Kubernetes Strong hands-on experience with any major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, or Azure) Comfortable contributing to the frontend using any modern UI framework (Vue.js, React, Angular – Vue.js experience is a plus but not mandatory) Shipped and supported large-scale, mission-critical systems that stayed stable under heavy load