Architecture

Qualifications

• 3+ years building real things that shipped - bonus if at least one of them was a 0-to-1 product where you set the direction, not just executed it.
• Strong prototyping methodology - you instinctively reach for the minimal experiment that answers the key question, rather than the impressive one.
• First principles thinking - comfortable working in domains where the textbook answer doesn't exist yet, and willing to derive from physics, math, or measurement instead of analogy.
• Strong engineering fundamentals across software and hardware - you don't need to be world-class in any one stack, but you can read a datasheet, write the script, wire up the bench, interpret and present the results.
• Experimentation instinct - you're driven to find answers to important questions and, more importantly, excel at asking the right ones.
• Self-directing - you turn an open-ended prompt into a plan, a plan into a result, and a result into a recommendation without needing the loop closed for you.
• Clear technical writing and communication - your experimental results change minds because they're honest about what was and wasn't proven.