EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS NEEDED
Full Stack Development:
- Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines.
- Experience with Git and modern branching workflows (GitFlow, trunk-based development).
- Strong proficiency in both frontend and backend development.
Frontend Technologies:
- JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Frontend frameworks such as React.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular, or Svelte.
- Mobile app development using Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android), or React Native.
- UI component libraries such as Material-UI, Tailwind CSS, or Bootstrap.
- Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools (Figma).
Backend Technologies:
- Node.js, Express.js, NestJS.
- Ruby on Rails (RoR).
- Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot).
- Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI).
- Golang RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets for service communication.
Observability & Monitoring:
- Experience implementing application performance monitoring (APM) tools (Datadog, New Relic, Sentry, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
- Knowledge of logging frameworks (ELK Stack, Loki, Fluentd) to track and debug issues across distributed systems.
- Ability to set up dashboards and alerts for real-time application health monitoring.
Backend Scalability & API Design:
- Strong experience in API design principles, including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets.
- Knowledge of API rate limiting, caching strategies (Redis, Varnish), and performance optimizations.
- Familiarity with backend service scalability strategies (horizontal scaling, autoscaling, load balancing).
DevOps, Cloud, and Infrastructure:
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins).
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare Workers).
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
Security Best Practices:
- Strong knowledge of frontend security (CSP, CORS, XSS prevention).
- Experience with backend security (OAuth, JWT, API rate limiting, encryption).
- Familiarity with cloud security (IAM, Secrets Management, OWASP Top 10).
Software Quality & Testing:
- Experience with unit and integration testing (Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Pact).
- Backend testing using Postman, Supertest, contract testing.