Cloud & DevOps
AWS (mandatory)
Lambda
ECS/EKS
API Gateway
S3
CloudFront
RDS/DynamoDB
Docker & Kubernetes
CI/CD using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
Architecture Experience
Microservices Architecture
Event-Driven Architecture
Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
Distributed Systems
Scalability & High Availability
Caching (Redis)
Messaging Queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
API Gateway Patterns
Design Patterns and SOLID Principles
Non-Functional Competencies
System Design
Performance Optimization
Security Best Practices (OAuth2, JWT, OWASP)
Cost Optimization on AWS
Technical Leadership and Mentoring