Experience bar: • Min. 8 years in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role • Proven delivery track record; experience managing and mentoring engineering teams Technical areas to assess: • .NET / C# proficiency • FDD and Kanban methodology depth • Serverless AWS cloud platforms • SDLC tooling — Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence • DORA / SPACE metrics — experience using these to drive team productivity • CI/CD pipeline ownership and implementation Leadership areas to assess: • People management — 1:1s, performance reviews, coaching • Translating business strategy into engineering priorities • Stakeholder communication, including to non-technical audiences • Data-driven decision-making on delivery metrics • Quality assurance culture — coding standards, testing protocols, continuous improvement • Change management — introducing new tools, processes, or methodologies to a team Key behaviors to probe: • How do they handle underperformance while maintaining team morale? • How do they balance technical debt against feature delivery under pressure? • How do they keep engineers engaged and growing in a legacy environment? • Can they drive innovation within constrained or complex systems?