Strong experience in building and maintaining reliable and highly available systems. Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS). Experience running containerized applications (e.g., Kubernetes). Experience with modern CI/CD platforms (e.g., Github Actions, Gitlab CI). Prior experience leading complex projects affecting multiple teams. Proficiency with Linux/Unix tools and ecosystem. Enthusiasm for Infrastructure-as-Code principles. Experience in coding beyond scripting (Elixir/Ruby/Go is a plus). Proactive approach to taking initiative on projects. Comfort with engaging multiple stakeholders and navigating different opinions. Ability to dive deep into problems and form opinions. Comfort talking to engineers, curiosity about their problems, empathy, and desire to help.