I'm a Rust backend engineer and technical lead focused on distributed systems, reliability, and clear technical direction in complex environments. I work end to end, from type-driven correctness in the codebase to cloud architecture, IAM, and the SLOs a platform commits to.I've built and operated production systems for financial automation in crypto - multi-chain liquidation, bridging, and treasury management, including infrastructure that moved millions in USDC across 13+ EVM chains. Today I work on real-time platform infrastructure, where the same instincts apply: lean on the type system to make invalid states unrepresentable, never trust a green build I can't explain, and treat what's actually running in production as the ground truth.I also hold a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology, which gives me a systems-level perspective on engineering, organizations, and incentives. I bring a first-principles approach to building resilient platforms and leading technical work through ambiguity.