Have 4+ years of software engineering or equivalent technical experience, including meaningful customer-facing delivery and ownership of production systems.
Have a track record of rapidly turning ambiguous ideas into working prototypes and carrying the strongest approaches through to reliable solutions. Can demonstrate examples of systems thinking.
Be proficient in Python and/or JavaScript or TypeScript, comfortable across modern front-end and back-end development, and familiar with cloud deployment.
Bring practical AI and LLM depth, including experience reasoning about model behavior, designing evaluations, and building production-oriented AI applications.
Exercise strong product and customer judgment by identifying the highest-value problem, scoping the right experiment, separating signal from noise, and balancing speed with technical integrity.
Own problems end to end, learn unfamiliar technical or domain concepts quickly, and impose useful structure without waiting for perfect information.
Manage several high-stakes technical engagements at once while anticipating blockers, adapting plans, and maintaining momentum across customers and internal teams.
Communicate complex ideas with clarity and empathy, challenge assumptions constructively, and build trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders.