• Own technical architecture and implementation decisions for backend services and APIs within OCTO standards. • Drive XP engineering practices across the pod: pair programming, TDD, continuous integration, and collective code ownership. • Maintain delivery health, code quality, and production readiness as non-negotiable standards. • Collaborate as a peer with the UX and Infrastructure pod leads on cross-cutting architecture and integration. • Contribute to the engineering reuse catalog, designing services and APIs for use across multiple products and programs. • Manage, coach, and develop a team of senior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role. You will write and review code regularly.