Role Expectations:
Experience & Technical Depth:
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven record of building and delivering complex, scalable systems.
- Strong hands-on coding background in Go, Python, and/or C#, with the ability to dive deep into codebases and guide implementation when needed.
- Deep experience designing and leading modern, scalable architectures (e.g., microservices, API-first systems, performance optimization).
Cloud & Platform Expertise:
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure, including deploying, operating, and scaling production systems using Azure services.
- Strong API design experience, REST API, including GraphQL and JSON-based services, with an emphasis on maintainability and performance.
Leadership & Ownership:
- Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams of ~10 15 engineers (front-end, back-end, and full-stack).
- Acts as a true owner: sets direction, removes blockers, drives execution, and takes accountability for outcomes.
- Comfortable leading through ambiguity and evolving requirements while keeping teams focused and productive.
Execution & Engineering Excellence:
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel, prioritizing effectively to deliver high-quality results.
- Champion of engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and operational excellence.
- Experience establishing and evolving technical roadmaps aligned with business goals.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Excellent communicator able to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong mentor and culture-builder who fosters collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
- Effective at leading and coordinating distributed/remote teams.
CORE Team Focus:
- Experience building platform, infrastructure, or foundational services that enable multiple product teams.
- Familiarity with operating systems at scale (reliability, observability, cost awareness, security).