The work is less about a role and more about a recurring kind of problem: important systems that have become harder to run than they should be.

That usually means environments where product, engineering, operations, and data are tightly coupled. The useful contribution is rarely just shipping features. It is clarifying the system so work becomes easier to understand, easier to execute, and easier to extend.

The strongest fit is where software carries real operational weight. Internal platforms, workflow-heavy products, analytics foundations, and automation layers all tend to benefit from the same thing: better structure, better judgment, and less avoidable friction.