• Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on distributed systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java and the JVM ecosystem.
• Extensive experience with Spring Boot for building and deploying production-grade microservices.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with Spring Batch for developing batch processing applications.
• Proven experience with Apache Kafka for building event-driven architectures and streaming data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (using Java APIs) for big data processing, transformations, and analytics.
• Experience in designing, developing, and deploying stream processing applications using Apache Flink.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD tools.

Preferred Skills (Bonus Points)

• Experience with other messaging systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Pulsar).
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack.
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of Java applications and distributed systems.
• Understanding of data governance and security best practices in a distributed data environment.
• Experience in the [relevant industry, e.g., Financial Services] domain.