- Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

- 7+ years of professional software development experience with strong hands-on coding and demonstrated technical leadership for projects or small teams.

- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala, including building, scaling, and optimizing large-scale batch data processing pipelines.

- Proven experience with Amazon EMR, including configuration, tuning, orchestration, troubleshooting, and cost/performance optimization of Spark workloads in a cloud environment.

- 5+ Years of Hands-on experience developing cloud solutions (AWS preferred; Azure acceptable), including S3 and integration with cloud-native services.

- Working experience building distributed systems using Pub/Sub patterns and streaming platforms like Kafka.

- Proficiency with SQL & NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL and Couchbase/Document DB), including schema design and SQL query optimization for application performance.

- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).

- Strong performance engineering skills (profiling, tuning, capacity planning) across Spark jobs, services, and data stores.

- Solid understanding of DevOps tools and practices (Git, JIRA, Harness/Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines) and automated testing.

- Strong communication and problem-solving skills; ability to translate technical decisions and trade-offs for cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with enterprise integration patterns (e.g., Apache Camel).

- Experience with microservice architecture and frameworks (Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate) and designing resilient distributed services.

- Experience with ReactJS or a similar modern JavaScript framework (full-stack exposure).

- Experience working with highly concurrent distributed systems (e.g., Akka-based applications).

- Domain experience in travel, lodging, pricing, or revenue management applications/services/operations.

- Exposure to enterprise/solution architecture and platform modernization initiatives.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodology, including facilitating technical ceremonies and release planning.

- Preferred experience in Java/JEE development; working knowledge of Spring Boot and building APIs/microservices.