Required Skill Set

•          Languages: Node.js (primary), Java or Go (nice to have)

•          Database: PostgreSQL expertise - schema design, query tuning, scaling (partitioning, indexing, replication)

•          API Development: RESTful services, GraphQL (preferred)

•          Architecture: Microservices & event-driven systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ)

•          Cloud: AWS (preferred) or GCP; experience with Lambda, S3, CloudFront, RDS, EC2

•          DevOps: IaC with Terraform or CloudFormatio