Led the team, not just the platform

Led the team, not just the platform

As Head of Engineering I've set the engineering strategy and kept the technical roadmap aligned with product goals, leading a cross-functional team that grew to 12 engineers at its largest. I've explained problems to whoever needed to understand them, from engineers to directors and the CEO, and I'd rather remove friction for the team than add process.

• The technical roadmap was aligned with product goals, so platform investment was visible alongside features.
• The team adopted new tooling together, from CI to AI-assisted workflows, rather than in silos.
• We moved to continuous delivery, with daily releases.
• Incidents led to better tooling and runbooks, not finger-pointing.
• Outsourced engineers were onboarded into the team itself, and many stayed for 2+ years.