• Lead day-to-day engineering team activities including sprint planning, grooming, scrums, and retrospectives • Provide architectural and technical direction across APIs, services, user-facing applications, and core systems • Design, build, and deploy secure and scalable backend services • Introduce and maintain best-in-class agile software development practices • Align engineering roadmaps with business objectives and product release schedules • Manage full team lifecycle: hiring, mentoring, performance management, and leadership development • Act as a key liaison between engineering and cross-functional stakeholders • Oversee technical debt management and ensure sustainable development velocity • Contribute to broader engineering leadership initiatives