Own complex systems end‑to‑end: design, build, test, deploy, and operate Java/Spring Boot microservices with clear contracts and SLOs
Govern AI‑assisted code: prompt, evaluate, validate, and harden AI‑generated outputs with strong engineering judgement
Engineer for resilience using patterns like circuit breakers, retries, rate limiting, and load balancing
Apply enterprise integration patterns such as pub/sub, producer‑consumer, message buses, and API gateways
Consistently deliver Clean Code, SOLID, and proven Design Patterns across services
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and secure delivery workflows
Drive TDD/BDD with comprehensive test suites (unit, contract, integration, E2E, and stress testing)
Implement meaningful observability across metrics, logs, and traces for production debugging and stability
Apply strong security practices, including OIDC/JWT‑based auth, secret management, and least‑privilege design
Collaborate across web and mobile channels (native Android/iOS or modern Web apps) to ensure full‑stack alignment
Build solutions suitable for regulated environments with strong auditability and compliance controls

6–10+ years of hands‑on software engineering, especially with Java and Spring Boot
Production experience building distributed microservices using open‑source tooling
Strong background with Kafka (or equivalent), Keycloak (or any modern IAM), Docker, and Kubernetes
Solid understanding of modern architectures: microservices, event‑driven systems, serverless, and API‑first delivery
Deep experience with SQL and NoSQL data modeling and performance optimization
Strong CI/CD + DevOps exposure (Terraform/Bicep, Git‑based workflows, secure pipelines)
Advanced experience with TDD/BDD and structured automated testing strategies
Practical application of observability tools (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
Ability to critically analyse and validate AI‑generated code and system designs
Comfort working across backend-heavy systems with the ability to collaborate on web and mobile channels.

AI First Engineer – Senior to Lead

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