8+ years professional experience in software industy, with at least 2 years of management experience. Deep understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, including feature inception, system maintenance, continuous integration and release strategies, and GenAI developer tooling. Ability to track key metrics and consistently meet established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Ability to understand complex technical problems and identify areas of risk. Ability to ‘go deep’ technically when necessary. You should be able to contribute changes to the team’s codebases at any time. Highly organized and detail-oriented. Proven track record of building and retaining high-performing teams Professional experience with Python or Java is preferred Comfortable using Docker for local software development Familiar with modern, scalable system architectures (load balancing, horizontal scaling, etc.) Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases (comfortable writing ANSI SQL) Familiar with API design tools/languages (Protocol Buffers, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.) Cloud computing & Kubernetes (or similar container orchestration) preferred