12+ years building/operating distributed systems 3+ years leading multi-team initiatives at Staff scope BS degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience Deep expertise in front-end (JavaScript, React, Angular, HTML/CSS) Deep expertise in back-end (Node.js, Python) Extensive experience with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) Expert system/architecture design (pipelines/queues, data modeling, idempotency, backfills, failure recovery, safeguards) Proven cross-org influence and decision-making Operational excellence (SLO/SLI ownership, incident leadership, prevention) High-altitude communication and stakeholder management Models responsible AI tool use