Lead, mentor, and scale a team of engineers working across infrastructure, backend services, DevOps platforms, and MLOps Collaborate with product, data, and machine learning teams to align engineering efforts with business goals Oversee project planning, prioritization, and delivery with a focus on quality and velocity Promote engineering excellence by establishing best practices in code quality, testing, deployment, and observability Drive initiatives in system scalability, reliability, and maintainability Contribute to infrastructure decisions, ensuring efficient CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling Support and evolve MLOps pipelines in collaboration with ML engineers and data scientists (Preferred)