Lead design and implementation of scalable backend services and member-facing APIs using Python/Django, PostgreSQL, BigQuery/dbt and GCP. Own infrastructure as code (Terraform), container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), async/event-driven systems, observability, and performance tuning. Mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Data teams, and ensure secure, low-latency, AI-driven member experiences.

Lead technical data exchange and onboarding for client file feeds, own inbound data quality and acceptance criteria, detect and resolve quality degradation, document integrations and specs, coordinate with engineering/product/analytics and client teams, and drive standardization and process improvements to ensure timely, spec-compliant file exchanges and SLA adherence.