Director of Engineering with 19+ years scaling backend platforms and high-performing engineering organizations across fintech and SaaS. I lead multi-team orgs spanning distributed systems, authentication, fraud prevention, and serverless architectures — delivering reliability, cost efficiency, and predictable execution at scale. I partner with product and executive leaders to translate business strategy into technical roadmaps, and I have repeatedly grown organizations through architecture modernization, a disciplined hiring bar, and a track record of developing engineers into senior ICs and managers.