5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years directly managing engineers on platform, infrastructure, or internal developer teams
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Hands-on experience building or operating CI, build or artifact platforms at scale - CI pipelines, release automation, build systems, or artifact management
Solid understanding of SDLC practices, code review workflows, and branching/release strategies (e.g., trunk-based development)
Working knowledge or hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Experience managing and mentoring engineers, with a track record of supporting individual growth and team execution
Comfortable defining, tracking and continuously improving business metrics (reliability, velocity, quality) for your team
Champion of using automation and AI to reduce toil and improve velocity and quality
Working knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization, and modern CI / build practices such as GitHub Actions, JFrog Artifactory, Bazel, or similar
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, or similar
Clear communicator, able to represent your team's work and technical tradeoffs to both engineers and cross-functional stakeholders
Background in regulated or security-sensitive environments
Familiarity with DORA metrics and delivery performance measurement
Exposure to supply-chain security and compliance
Experience managing engineers in a distributed environment