7+ years of experience in engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or management role. Proven expertise in managing large-scale, distributed infrastructure systems, including Kubernetes and cloud services (AWS, GCP). Expertise in cloud networking and service mesh technologies (Istio). Proficiency in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible). Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps principles. Deep experience with messaging and event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Pulsar).