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Event-Driven Architecture & Integration\n\n- Design and implement event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologies.\n\n- Develop asynchronous integrations using platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, IBM MQ or equivalent.\n\n- Design enterprise integrations across OMS, WMS, TMS, SAP ERP, Payments, CRM, Loyalty, Store Systems, Carriers and other third-party platforms.\n\n- Ensure reliable message processing, error handling, retry mechanisms, idempotency and integration observability.\n\n5. 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