* University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 15 years;
* At least 6 years of specific expertise with robust back-end application development (Python);
* At least 6 years of specific expertise with ETL workflows for batch and streaming processing, document ingestion and parsing of multiple formats, such as PDF, Docx and HTML;
* At least 4 years of specific expertise with SQL RDBMS or equivalent (e.g, PostgreSQL, MySQL);
* At least 4 years of specific expertise with RESTful API design principles, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, async endpoint development, streaming endpoints, production grade logging/monitoring;
* At least 1 year of specific expertise with Azure Functions, Azure AI Search, Azure Blob storage;
* At least 1 year of specific expertise with vector databases and semantic search technologies, such as embedding models, hybrid search algorithms, indexing and reranking techniques;
* Excellent command of the English language.