Technical Backend Architect

12+ years of backend engineering and architecture experience with strong expertise in Python-based backend ecosystems. 
Deep expertise in FastAPI, REST API architecture, asynchronous programming, and distributed systems design. 
Proven experience architecting and leading large-scale event-driven platforms and cloud-native microservices ecosystems. 
Strong understanding of data structures, distributed computing, event processing, and high-performance backend architecture. 
Extensive experience designing scalable systems on AWS cloud platforms. 
Proven experience defining enterprise backend architecture for high-scale distributed systems and customer-facing digital platforms. 
Strong understanding of e-commerce ecosystems, digital ordering workflows, loyalty programs, identity systems, and customer engagement platforms. 
Experience defining architecture standards for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), DevOps, and observability practices. 
Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.  
Direct experience with Paytronix or similar enterprise loyalty platforms. 
Experience in QSR, retail, hospitality, or large-scale consumer digital ecosystems. 
Exposure to Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS MSK, and enterprise event-streaming platforms. 
Experience with feature flags, canary deployments, blue-green deployments, and progressive delivery models. 
Knowledge of OAuth2, JWT, identity federation, and enterprise API security frameworks. 
Exposure to multi-region cloud architectures, global scalability strategies, and enterprise resiliency patterns. 
Experience driving enterprise modernization and digital transformation initiatives.