• Lead & code: Own technical direction while contributing code (design, implementation, code reviews) across .NET services, APIs, and orchestration workflows. • Cloud & containers: Drive cloud-native designs (e.g., AWS), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines and automated testing. • Deliverability & reliability: Monitor and improve throughput, latency, bounce/complaint rates, inbox placement, and on-call practices. • Integrations: Manage integrations with ESPs/SMS gateways and internal systems • People leadership: Coach and develop engineers, set goals and hire to scale the team. • Incident management: Lead root-cause analysis, postmortems, and preventive engineering for capacity, deliverability, and provider issues.