I am one of those weirdos that like to work on "un-sexy" things behind the scenes which hopefully makes the life of my colleagues a bit better with every attemp

I am one of those weirdos that like to work on "un-sexy" things behind the scenes which hopefully makes the life of my colleagues a bit better with every attempt. I don't think it is necessary for small teams, and may even be considered a waste of time, but once a team is sufficiently big and spread out, I think a few people working in the background, keeping watch of things, cleaning up after people, proactively improving stuff, creating and enforcing rules and standards is very beneficial and necessary for a team's next growth spurt.