• Solid backend experience with Node.js/TypeScriptStrong understanding of Async approaches
• Experience with Messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Experience with RDBMs (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.), CDBMs (Redshift, ClickHouse, etc.), NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc)
• Experience with the development of production-ready solutions
• Basic front-end ability: comfortable with HTML/CSS/JS, TypeScript, and common UI framework (React/Vue) — able to read existing UI code, make changes, and connect a UI to backend APIs
• A "whole feature" mindset — willingness to own delivery end-to-end, including the UI, rather than handing it off
• Would be beneficial to know:
• Understanding of enterprise development patterns
• Experienced with large-scale microservices architecture
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Active performance observation
• Understanding of application security and industry standards, its best practices
• A degree in Computer Science or related field
• Scope of ownership:
• Backend: high-RPS collection and identification endpoints, a Redis-backed key-value store, Kafka producers, ClickHouse migrations
• Operations: observability (APM, RED signals, SLO alerts), GitOps delivery via Helm and ArgoCD.