li>Technical depth sufficient to understand engineering tradeoffs, release risks, codebase quality, architectural implications, service reliability, security/privacy considerations, operational readiness, and engineering practices such as code review, testing, documentation, observability, CI/CD, incident learning, and technical debt management. Experience managing senior technical teams, team budget and resource planning, and partnerships with directors, senior ICs, product stakeholders, infrastructure/SRE teams, contractors, external partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.