3+ years of experience in Software Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles Strong, practical experience with AWS and deep understanding of core AWS primitives (IAM, EC2, EKS, RDS, VPC, Subnets, S3, EBS, ELB) Significant experience with Kubernetes Hands-on experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, or ClickHouse Knows at least one programming language well enough to debug and improve systems Used Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Pulumi or Terraform Enjoys debugging complex systems and improving performance or reliability Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively with software teams Is curious, systematic, and eager to grow into a senior reliability role Experience or interest in Rust, TypeScript, or crypto/finance/data systems (Bonus)