Minimum 10 years of software development experience, with continuous hands-on coding and delivery of cloud-native applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices in production Azure-first cloud expertise (10+ years) including Zero Trust security architecture, managed identities, Entra ID, networking, access control, and cost optimization Event-driven distributed systems (10+ years) using Kafka and/or AWS SQS in production at scale API architecture and ownership (10+ years) covering REST, gRPC and GraphQL, governance, versioning, and backward compatibility Expert backend engineering (10+years): C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Web API, MVC, Blazor Microservices and distributed system development including service decomposition, resiliency, fault tolerance, and scalability patterns Deep understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns (SOLID, DRY, Repository, Unit of Work, CQRS, Clean Architecture), and experience producing clear, production-ready a...