Define technical strategy and lead the delivery of scalable, extensible platforms. Lead, coach and grow inclusive, self-sufficient engineering teams and develop future leaders. Own service reliability, performance, security and compliance; champion operational excellence. Partner across teams to align priorities, manage dependencies and resources, and deliver shared outcomes. Advance AI-native engineering and automation to improve delivery, quality and operational efficiency. Communicate strategy, progress, metrics and risks clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience realizing the potential of AI, with hands-on experience moving an engineering team from AI-augmented to AI-native ways of working and delivering measurable gains in productivity or operational cost. 4+ years of technical management experiece. Experience building and operating secure, compliant, large-scale, distributed, low-latency cloud services across multiple clouds, including sovereign or regulated environments. Experience owning reliability and latency KPIs/SLOs, with strong live-site, incident management, root-cause analysis and safe-deployment practices. Experience building self-sufficient teams through effective delegation, clear operating frameworks and structured execution rhythms. Experience driveing clear, timely decisions in complex cross-team situations; influences partners across organizational boundaries and holds them accountable for shared outcomes. Communicates effectively with senior and executive audiences, and has experience developing managers and building diverse, inclusive, high-performing teams.