High agency and ownership: proactively picks up new work according to priority, manages their own backlog, and escalates early when priorities are unclear or deadlines are at risk.
Takes responsibility for validating inputs end-to-end: spot-checks data, understands upstream preprocessing, and speaks up when something doesn't add up.
Takes responsibility for ensuring outputs are correct and handed over: actively seeks sign-off from downstream consumers, communicates caveats, and ensures relevant stakeholders are aware of changes and breaking impacts.
Cares about continuously improving pipelines, tooling, and processes so that each iteration makes the next one faster, more reliable, and easier for the team.
Comfortable with rapid, pragmatic solutions when needed, but committed to high-quality, long-term solutions.