8+ years of professional experience in data engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevOps roles, with a proven track record operating at the Staff or Principal IC level. Extensive experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems in production environments. Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly large-scale usage of Terraform. Expert-level knowledge of container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and cloud-native application deployment patterns. Strong experience with CI/CD practices and tooling (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD). Proficiency in system programming languages (Python, Go, or similar). Proven experience designing and maintaining production observability systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog, or similar). Experience building scalable services on top of public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Strong understanding of networking, security, and systems architecture in cloud environments. Excellent communication and documentation skills. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).