Recommended Qualifications
Core Java & Microservices Architecture
10+ years of hands-on software development experience with mastery of Java (Java 17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, reactive programming, and designing scalable, fault-tolerant microservices architectures.
Deep LLM & Architecture Understanding: Comprehensive knowledge of Large Language Models (transformer architectures, tokenization, context windows, embeddings, fine-tuning vs. prompt-tuning trade-offs) across major frontier and open-source models.
Advanced Prompt Engineering: Proven experience designing, testing, and optimizing complex system prompts using structured techniques (Few-Shot, Chain-of-Thought, ReAct) to reliably produce deterministic, structured outputs (JSON/Pydantic/XML)
Cloud-Native & Container Orchestration
Extensive experience architecting and containerizing applications using Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, and Helm, with solid exposure to hybrid and public cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP).
Event-Driven Architecture & Messaging
Deep practical experience implementing distributed, event-driven systems using Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka, IBM MQ, and pub/sub patterns for real-time, low-latency transaction processing.
Enterprise Data & Storage Systems
Strong proficiency with modern DBaaS environments, relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle), NoSQL data stores (MongoDB), and distributed caching solutions (Redis), including schema design and performance optimization.
CI/CD Automation & Modern DevOps
Demonstrated expertise in continuous integration and automated deployment pipelines (Lightspeed / Tekton / Harness / Jenkins / GitHub Actions), automated test frameworks (JUnit, Testcontainers), and GitOps delivery models.
Enterprise Security & Secrets Management
Strong adherence to enterprise security governance, OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, HashiCorp Vault secrets management, and automated vulnerability scanning (SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk).
Technical Leadership & Agile Delivery
Proven leadership capabilities to guide cross-functional engineering teams, drive technical blueprints, enforce rigorous code review standards, mentor junior engineers, and translate complex business requirements into robust solution architectures.
Education
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Master’s degree preferred
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group
Technology
Job Family
Applications Development
Time Type
Full time
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