5+ years of hands-on development experience with Core Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and web services/microservices
At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
Hands-on delivery exposure to LLMs, RAG, and agentic systems (production or strong pilot/enterprise PoC experience)
Understanding of cloud-native architecture, database concepts (preferably Oracle/PL/SQL), and Kafka/GitLab
Knowledge of AI concepts, especially Spec Driven Development (SDD), with working experience in running and writing agents and implementing guardrails
Experience with LLM providers and/or self-hosted models, prompt engineering, and an evaluation/testing mindset
Practical experience applying SDD (spec-driven ways of working) in a team setting
Hands-on capability to build and integrate agentic and/or RAG capabilities into real engineering workflows
Ability to balance cost, productivity, quality, and risk when implementing LLM/agentic solutions (with guidance where needed)
Production mindset covering testing, observability, safe rollout, and secure-by-design implementation
Strong communication skills and ability to work in a global team
Proficiency in English at an Upper-Intermediate level (B2) or higher
Familiarity with Azure (AKS and/or Azure Web Apps) and CI/CD with GitLab (Azure DevOps is a plus)
Knowledge of React
Familiarity with Ansible
Knowledge of Kubernetes
Experience with LangChain