7+ years of professional backend experience with Java (Core Java, Collections/Concurrency, Streams, JVM internals).
Strong with Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security; understanding of Spring Cloud is a plus).
5+ years of professional experience with Angular
Exposure to Python for tooling and automation.
Proven expertise with PostgreSQL: indexing strategies, query tuning (EXPLAIN/ANALYZE), transactions/locking, isolation levels.
Hands on AWS experience: deploying and operating production services (at least 3 of ECS/EKS/Lambda, RDS/Aurora, S3, SQS/SNS/MSK/Kinesis, CloudWatch, IAM).
Solid API design (REST/gRPC), versioning, pagination, and backward compatibility.
Production grade observability (logs, metrics, tracing; OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar).
CI/CD with GitHub and GitHub Actions (branching strategies, code reviews, trunk based or GitFlow).
Practical use of GitHub Copilot (or similar AI coding assistants) to boost productivity while maintaining code quality.
Experience building fault tolerant distributed systems (circuit breakers, bulkheads, rate limiting; resilience patterns).
Proficiency with containerization (Docker) and infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation—at least one).
Strong understanding of secure coding practices and common vulns (OWASP Top 10).
Excellent communication; ability to turn ambiguous requirements into actionable technical plans.
Experience with Capital Markets, trading, market data, or financial analytics.
Event streaming & messaging: Kafka, MSK, Kinesis, RabbitMQ.
Data modeling for auditable workflows, SLAs, and multi party approval processes.
Experience with multi tenant architectures and row level security.
Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD) and CQRS patterns.
Experience with performance profiling (JFR, async-profiler) and JVM tuning (GC, heap, thread pools).
Exposure to Python and Node.js for tooling and automation.
Familiarity with feature flags (e.g., LaunchDarkly) and blue/green or canary deployments.
Compliance/controls mindset (audit trails, data lineage, segregation of duties).