8+ years of experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Go, Python, .NET, Java, Rust) Demonstrated experience working with and monitoring Kubernetes in a production environment Experience with cloud-based software development and production systems Experience writing clean, maintainable, robust, and performant software Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry) Experience with delivering projects from start to finish in a self-driven manner Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role Experience with distributed systems Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills Strong mentoring and leadership skills Experience participating in an on-call rotation and incident management