Strong software engineering background with production-quality Python, Typescript, or Go code. Experience building developer productivity tooling (SDKs, CLI tools, CI/CD pipelines, internal dashboards, preview envs). Practical Kubernetes fluency; able to design and debug workloads and tune autoscaling. Hands-on with Kubernetes + workflow platforms (Argo Workflows, Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, etc.). Proficient with infrastructure-as-code and containerization (Docker, Terraform preferred). Solid grounding in cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and cost controls. Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/Tempo/OTel). Comfort operating in high-scale, compute-intensive environments (e.g. ML training, batch/parallel workloads). Bias toward building paved roads and abstractions that make other engineers faster.