• Design, build, and operate core platform systems, including schema management, streaming frameworks, and event mesh systems. • Define technical standards and patterns for the Streaming Data Platform team. • Lead cross-team design reviews for systems that interact with or depend on the streaming platform. • Drive platform reliability, performance, and cost strategy across streaming services. • Design and implement shared libraries, frameworks, and tooling for stream consumers. • Partner with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into platform capabilities. • Produce technical proposals and documentation that communicate design, trade-offs, and long-term implications. • Serve as an escalation point for complex streaming issues and high-impact incidents. • Sponsor and grow senior engineers through technical mentorship and challenging assignments.