Experience building applications with popular Java frameworks and libraries (Spring, Hibernate.). Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming concepts, core Java concepts, multi-threading, MVC, and common design patterns, SQL/NoSQL Databases Experience with NoSQL technologies such as Apache Solr, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and In-Memory NoSQL Able to navigate full stack development easily Experience in leading projects with dependency - including design and execution and improving processes in the team Experience working with large scale applications, production rollouts, monitoring and debugging live issues Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well. Strong desire to learn, push the envelope, and share knowledge with others. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across the whole tech stack - language, databases, web servers and system environment Proven interpersonal communication skills Extra credit if you have Stack Overflow profile or open source contribution Experience with Kafka/RabbitMQ (or any message broker)