Data Engineer, these skills are essential for success: Abilities: Strong ability to design and support distributed data platforms, build scalable backend services, develop complex SQL-based solutions, troubleshoot data quality issues, and deliver reliable, high-performing solutions in a microservices architecture. Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in Java, Spring, Kafka, SQL, and Spark, including building scalable microservices, REST APIs, and data processing platforms.