Senior engineering leader with deep ownership. Player-coach role combining people leadership and technical judgment. Strong experience building and scaling distributed systems on AWS. Experience with modern, containerized architectures. Product- and business-minded, connecting engineering to outcomes. Experience in high-velocity environments balancing speed and stability. Fluent in DevOps and reliability metrics. Proven track record of improving DORA metrics. Strong communicator able to challenge priorities and make decisions. Believes in 'You Build It, You Run It'.