• Lead and manage a globally distributed engineering org (U.S. + India-based contractors), fostering alignment, accountability, and inclusive but truth-seeking culture • Define and execute the technical roadmap in partnership with customers, Product, and Executive teams • Architect and scale high-performing and cost-effective infrastructure to support AI-native, data-heavy systems and automation tooling • Drive engineering excellence across delivery, quality, documentation, and velocity • Own hiring, org design, career development, and team performance across engineering • Partner with cross-functional leaders to define priorities and long-term investments • Build systems that integrate automation, security, scalability, and reliability as defaults • Ensure contractors are effectively managed, scoped, and integrated with full-time teams • Provide technical mentorship, unblock ICs and EMs, and dive into architecture and code base when needed • Represent Engineering in executive meetings and help drive company-wide decisions • Champion engineering fundamentals and continuous improvement across teams • Enables IT team members to ensure org-wide success and security.