10+ years of overall technical experience, with a background in software engineering, SRE, or backend operations.
5+ years of direct release management experience in a complex, enterprise hybrid SaaS environment (Multi-tenant & Multi-instance).
Cloud-Native Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of AWS (EKS, RDS, Secrets Manager, IAM, S3, MSK) and the ability to audit infrastructure-level configurations.
Stack Fluency: Demonstrated familiarity with Typescript, PHP, Go-lang, and Node.js ecosystems. You must understand the deployment nuances of each.
Modern Orchestration: Hands-on experience or strong knowledge of Temporal (stateful workflows) and Kafka (event streaming). You understand the risks of deploying to "in-flight" asynchronous processes.
Database Proficiency: Strong proficiency in MySQL and Postgres, specifically in auditing complex migration scripts and data sequencing.
Containerization Mastery: Deep understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) manifest auditing and deployment patterns (Canary, Blue-Green, or Rolling Updates).
Communication & Gravitas: Excellent stakeholder management skills with the professional authority to enforce discipline and halt releases if technical or business criteria are not met.