Deep hands-on technical experience as an engineer (ideally security engineer with cloud or application security background). Understanding of how code gets built, CI/CD pipelines, cloud architectures, and application security concepts. Specific experience with cloud security (AWS/GCP/Azure security, infrastructure security) or application security (code analysis, SAST/DAST, vulnerability detection). Collaborative mindset, working with engineering teams as partners. Comfort building in ambiguous environments and creating solutions from scratch. Ability to get up to speed quickly on technical concepts and operate effectively in a startup environment. Commercial thinking, understanding success is measured by ARR growth and POC conversion. Willingness to spend time with customers understanding workflows and translating challenges into solutions.