Pragmatism: Ability to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops Collaboration and communication skills Solid experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred, Python, C, C++, Rust considered) Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements to shipping a product Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or some experience with systems engineering Some experience with being on-call and following the DevOps model Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others Familiarity with observability systems (metrics, logs, traces)