CloudKeeper - Director of Engineering - Distributed Systems

The Opportunity

What You'll Own

Lens - Visibility & Governance Platform

• Lead development of our flagship cloud cost management platform Lens and own the billing engine, FinOps operations, cost analytics, and multi-cloud integration layers
• Scale architecture to handle increasing data volumes across MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Redis
  

LensCA

• Cost Allocations Engine, LensGPT - Gen AI for FinOps
• Cost allocation decision engine that assigns cloud spend using evidence, confidence, and cost-weighted reasoning, not just tags or static rules
• Agentic AI FinOps product that provides real-time cloud cost insights and optimization actions through natural conversation
  

Tuner

• Usage Optimization Engine
• Drive evolution of our AI-powered recommendation engine using Drools rules engine
• Expand optimization coverage across AWS, Azure, and GCP workloads
• Integrate machine learning capabilities for predictive cost optimization
  

Kubernetes Optimization Platform

• Accelerate development of our Kubernetes-native cost management solution
• Build pod/node level cost attribution and optimization for EKS, AKS, GKE, and on-prem Kubernetes deployments
• Position CloudKeeper as the definitive multi-cloud Kubernetes Optimization platform
  

Responsibilities : Leadership :

• Lead, mentor, and scale a 50-person engineering organization, growing 40% YoY across multiple product teams
• Own and drive engineering vision, roadmap, and execution cadence aligned with business objectives
• Own engineering delivery across productspredictable releases, high quality, minimal incidents
• Build and develop engineering managers and tech leads; create clear career progression paths
• Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
  

Technical Strategy

• Define and evolve system architecture to support 10x growth in data processing and customers
• Scale data infrastructureSnowflake analytics, real-time event processing, caching layers
• Drive modernization initiatives, establish technical standards, code review practices, and architectural decision processes
  

Role Requirements : :

• 12+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading engineering organizations of at least 30+ people
• Proven track record building and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms
• Deep experience with Java/Spring Boot microservices architectures at scale
• Hands-on background with cloud platforms (AWS required; Azure/GCP strongly preferred)
• Experience with data-intensive applicationsanalytics platforms, data warehouses, real-time processing
  

Technical Depth

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and API design
• Experience with modern frontend stacks (React/TypeScript) and full-stack delivery
• Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or billing/financial systems is a significant plus
• Knowledge of Kubernetes operations and cost management highly valued
  

Leadership

• Demonstrated ability to build high-performing engineering teams and develop engineering leaders
• Experience managing multiple product teams with different technology stacks
• Track record of improving engineering processes, quality, and delivery predictability
• Strong communicator who can influence across functions and levels
  

Why CloudKeeper

• Market Opportunity : Cloud spend optimization is a $10B+ market growing rapidly as enterprises accelerate cloud adoption
• Technical Challenge : Build systems processing billions in cloud spend with real-time analytics and AI-powered optimization
• Impact : Help enterprises reduce cloud waste and achieve financial accountability
• Growth : Join at an inflection point as we expand our platform capabilities and market presence
• Team : Work with talented engineers solving hard problems in FinOps and multi-cloud management
• CloudKeeper is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.