Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience. Principal-level expertise in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering. Proven track record of scaling cloud-native systems. Strong Python 3 expertise. Strong AWS expertise. Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar). Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation), observability, monitoring, & incident response. Proven track record of improving DevEx by leveling up tooling, pipelines, & automation. Experience improving monorepo developer workflows (Bazel, Buck, Pants). Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.). Experience leading security initiatives. History of mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction.