• Build and lead the platform team - hire engineers, set the pace, and create an environment where strong ICs want to stay and grow.
• Stay hands-on. You're coding, reviewing architecture decisions, and in the weeds on the systems your team owns. The team is small enough that you can't manage from a distance.
• Own technical direction for the platform - understand the trade-offs across our edge, cloud, and data infrastructure and make the calls that keep things moving.
• Steer projects through ambiguity. When something stalls or breaks, you debug the situation - whether that's a technical problem, a resourcing gap, or a prioritization call.
• Partner with engineering leadership on capacity, reliability, and cost across the routing layer, with ownership of the systems carrying production traffic.
• Represent the platform team's needs and priorities to the broader organization. You're comfortable pushing back, advocating for investments, and making your case directly to leadership.