7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 - 5 years in engineering management.
Proven player-coach track record: able to lead people and teams while still making hands-on contributions to code, architecture, or design.
Technical expertise in platform domains such as authentication, authorization, identity management, and multi-channel notifications.
Experience designing and running distributed systems and multi-tenant SaaS platforms on modern cloud providers (preferably Google Cloud Platform).
Hands-on expertise across the stack: designing microservices in Python and Elixir (GraphQL, REST, gRPC), building React/TypeScript frontends, managing data with PostgreSQL and Cloud Storage, scaling with Redis and Pub/Sub, and implementing observability with Cloud Logging, Monitoring, and Sentry.
A history of recruiting and retaining great engineers, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture.
Operational mindset: monitoring, alerting, incident response, and building systems that meet strict SLAs/SLOs.
Strong communication and influencing skills you can translate technical tradeoffs into clear options for business partners.
Comfort with on-call participation, ensuring business-critical systems get timely attention.
Why this role matters The platform team is the backbone of everything we build.
Youll make sure the org is strategically aligned, productive, and delivering real value while staying close enough to the work to keep your technical instincts sharp.
If you love shaping teams, setting strategy, and still being in the trenches when it matters, this role was designed for you.
