2+ years managing software engineers 10+ years total in engineering Experience leading XP/DevOps practices (pairing, TDD, CI/CD, trunk-based development) Proven coaching, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills Track record of improving delivery flow and operational excellence (SLOs/incident reviews) Ability to collaborate deeply with Product & Design; strong stakeholder communication Sufficient technical depth to support decisions in a cloud-native environment (TypeScript/Node.js or Go, AWS) Bias for simplicity, incremental change, and sustainable pace