• 3+ years of experience in technology
• Strong product design sense - you think about the user, not just the implementation
• Proficiency in any of: PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, or C++
• Ability to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and arrive at effective solutions
• Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general
• Ability to build a feature from scratch and drive it to completion independently
• Willingness to learn new technology - whatever lets you deliver the best product
• Clean, well-structured code as a default - with awareness of performance and time complexity trade-offs
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants - you use them actively, not occasionally
• Ability to decompose problems into structured, constrained prompts with clear expected outcomes
• Critical review mindset - you own every line of AI-generated code, spot hallucinations, incorrect assumptions, and security gaps
• Strong LLD depth before agent use - you design first, delegate second
• Awareness of where AI helps and where it fails - and the judgment to know the difference