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This is a senior individual contributor role where you’ll drive architecture, lead complex engineering initiatives, mentor engineers, and build highly scalable distributed systems that support millions of customers.Key Responsibilities: Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of large-scale, cloud-native backend systems.\nDrive technical strategy and own the delivery of complex, multi-team engineering initiatives.\nDesign and build scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.\nLead architecture reviews, system design discussions, and technical decision-making.\nSolve complex performance, scalability, and distributed systems challenges.\nBuild reusable frameworks and shared libraries to improve engineering productivity.\nChampion the adoption of AI-assisted development, leveraging LLMs and GenAI tools to improve engineering workflows.\nCollaborate closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, QA, and engineering teams.\nMentor engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, and best practice guidance.\nDrive engineering excellence across software quality, reliability, security, and operational performance. 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