• Provide technical leadership for the team, influencing architecture and design decisions that span multiple teams. • Own and evolve critical platform areas including partner onboarding, developer tooling, authentication, user management, and the unified partner portal. • Identify long-term technical risks and opportunities, and lead initiatives to address scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. • Set and reinforce engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams. • Collaborate closely with Engineering Managers and Directors to align technical strategy with delivery plans and team goals. • Partner with Product Managers, Directors, and Designers to translate product vision into technically sound, scalable solutions. • Act as a trusted technical advisor across teams, helping resolve complex cross-team dependencies and tradeoffs. • Drive alignment and consistency across partner-facing systems and experiences. • Design, implement, and review high-impact code, particularly in complex or high-risk areas. • Lead technical discovery and execution for ambiguous or strategically important initiatives. • Ensure solutions are well-tested, observable, and production-ready. • Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform health. • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in technical depth, system design, and scope of impact. • Raise the quality bar through thoughtful code reviews, architectural guidance, and knowledge sharing. • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and technical curiosity. • Champion secure-by-design principles, particularly around authentication, authorization, and partner data access. • Work closely with SRE and platform teams to ensure systems meet reliability, availability, and performance expectations. • Improve observability, operational readiness, and incident learnings across partner-facing systems.