Technical Lead, Cloud

About this role

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a Technical Lead, Cloud to own the technical execution of our new cloud product. This is a small, high-autonomy team with minimal hierarchy. You are the person who translates vision into architecture, infrastructure and shipped product. You will work directly alongside Aiven's VP Strategy, who owns the strategic direction and business outcomes. Together, you form the leadership pair that makes this thing real.
• Technical Architecture & Decision-MakingOwn the end-to-end technical architecture for a new cloud product built from the ground up
• Make the critical build, buy and partner decisions across every layer of the stack, aligning trade-offs with VP Strategy for bets that carry strategic or financial weight
• Design for the future from day one: the architecture must support a bold long-term vision that you are expected to shape and contribute to
• Execution & DeliveryBuild a high-performance, no-ego team of exceptional engineers and product builders
• Lead the engineering team (backend, frontend, design, architecture) with a relentless bias for shipping while contributing code yourself
• Own the roadmap and delivery milestones
• Operate with disciplined scoping and ruthless prioritisation: launch with what matters, proxy what can wait, and never let perfection block progress
• Work with existing Aiven teams to ensure no misalignment emerges over shared architecture
• Infrastructure & OperationsBuild abstraction layers that deliver a first-class cloud experience to developers and agents, regardless of the underlying infrastructure
• Ensure the platform meets rigorous security, compliance and certification re