• Designs and builds platform engineering solutions across distributed messaging, search, and API platforms • Performs complex business and software analysis for systems requiring high reliability and scalability • Coordinates bodies of work within platform services • Drives development of platform automation, tooling, and services • Monitors, identifies, and corrects complex platform issues • Produces conceptual designs, prototypes, and patterns • Research platform, messaging, distributed systems, and observability technologies • Drives and influences roadmaps for platform upgrades • Leads root cause analysis for complex failures across messaging, streaming, search, or API flows • Assigns engineering tasks, automation work, or operational efforts • Develops team member capabilities through training and coaching • Contributes to work within an established program management plan