- Robust hands-on experience in Java Core, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture.
- Proficiency in Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, stream processing).
- Solid understanding of REST APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of design patterns, clean coding practices, and system design principles.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and deployment automation.
- Exposure to cloud platform Azure is preferred.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with experience in defect triaging and production issue resolution.