Director of Cloud Native Applications

Summary

Join Caylent, a cloud native services company, as their Director of Cloud Native Applications. Lead, grow, and evolve the cloud engineering practice, setting the technical vision and establishing best practices. Guide project delivery, support escalations, and enable engineering teams. Collaborate with clients and sales leaders to shape high-impact solutions. Ensure technical excellence, scale delivery capabilities, and help customers build cutting-edge applications on AWS. Drive innovation and thought leadership, representing the company at industry events. Lead a team of 50+ engineers, architects, and consultants.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering and software development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
• Proven experience leading and scaling an engineering practice or department, ideally within an AWS-focused services company
• Proven experience leading and delivering large (multi-million dollar) software project
• Deep expertise in AWS services, architectures, and best practices
• Deep expertise in software development patterns, architectures, and best practices
• Strong background in DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working with enterprise clients across various industries
• Experience working with cross-practice teams (talent, sales, marketing, operations etc)
• Experience building, delivering, and using GenAI products and solutions

Responsibilities

• Practice Leadership: Take part in Defining and executing the strategic vision for the Cloud Native Applications Practice, ensuring alignment with company objectives and AWS best practices
• Technical Excellence: Establish and promote industry-leading methodologies, frameworks, and architectures for cloud-native solutions
• People Management: Lead and mentor a team of 50+ software engineers, architects, and consultants, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning
• Delivery Excellence: Oversee the successful execution of customer engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence
• AWS Partnership: Strengthen our collaboration with AWS, leveraging latest technologies and programs to enhance our service offerings
• Business Growth: Support pre-sales efforts, contribute to go-to-market strategies, and help drive revenue growth by aligning technical capabilities with business opportunities
• Innovation & Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of industry trends, drive innovation within the practice, and represent the company in conferences, webinars, and AWS-related events
• AI & Emerging Technologies Leadership: Drive the development and implementation of AI-powered solutions both internally and for our customers

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certifications
• Experience working in a client-facing environment
• Experience working in consulting or professional services
• Experience working in a product focused SaaS company

Benefits

• Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
• 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
• Competitive phantom equity
• Company issued laptop
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Term Disability Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 10 Paid Holidays