8+ years of hands-on experience operating large-scale internet-facing distributed systems in production environments.
Deep experience designing and running infrastructure in AWS (or equivalent public cloud environments) with production ownership responsibilities.
Proven track record of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development using Terraform.
Expertise with Linux-based systems, including a strong grasp of internals, networking, and systems programming fundamentals.
Strong software development background ideally having worked as an application developer using languages like Python, Go, or similar.
Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Nomad).
Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
Excellent collaboration skills, with a proactive approach to partnering across teams.
Strong ownership mindset, with attention to business goals, cost efficiency, and infrastructure scalability.
Experience mentoring and developing junior or mid-level engineers.
Previous experience in Ad Tech infrastructure at scale, including exposure to business metrics like fill rate, revenue per search, and latency-sensitive delivery.
Experience designing developer platforms or paved paths for infrastructure provisioning, testing, and deployment.
Hands-on experience building and running low-latency, high-throughput applications.
Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture and reliability patterns.
Comfort working in fast-moving, high-stakes environments with complex stakeholder landscapes.
Familiarity with observability tooling, CI/CD best practices, and cost optimization strategies.
Proficiency in additional languages such as Java, Go, or Rust.