Candidate introduction: Staff Engineer, Payments Infrastructure
Recommended: a strong technical match for the rails rebuild, with one point to probe at interview.
Fit: ten years on high-throughput transaction rails, including a three-region failover redesign. 5/5 on distributed-systems depth.
Point to confirm: Kubernetes exposure is adjacent rather than hands-on. Worth a focused technical screen.the gap is disclosed, never buried
Suggested next step: a 45-minute technical screen with the platform lead.
Balanced
Fit and gaps in the same brief, never a separate conversation.
Your voice
Your client hears the whole story from you first.
Name and employer masking
Optional, for when confidentiality still matters.
Illustrative. A fictional example, modeled on real runs.