VP of Cloud Engineering
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Job Summary
Qdrant is the leading open-source Vector Search Engine powering the next generation of AI applications. From semantic search and RAG to recommendation systems and AI agents Qdrant enables developers and enterprises to build intelligent systems that deliver high performance scalability and reliability.
With a fast-growing open-source community and increasing enterprise adoption we are expanding Qdrant Cloud to deliver a fully managed production-ready Vector Search platform trusted by startups and global enterprises alike.
We are seeking a VP of Cloud Engineering to lead the next stage of Qdrant Clouds evolution.
Tasks
The Role
As VP of Cloud Engineering you will define and execute the strategy for Qdrant Cloud and Enterprise Product. You will lead distributed engineering teams responsible for infrastructure platform SRE DevOps security and reliability.
You will be accountable for delivering a secure scalable highly available and cost-efficient managed service that meets enterprise-grade expectations while preserving the performance and flexibility that define Qdrant.
This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role in a high-growth environment.
Strategy & Vision
- Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for Qdrant Cloud
- Scale the platform to support enterprise workloads and global deployments
- Drive multi-cloud and cloud-native architecture decisions
- Ensure strong alignment between Cloud Engineering Core Engineering Product and Go-To-Market teams
Platform & Infrastructure Leadership
- Lead infrastructure DevOps SRE and platform engineering teams
- Architect for high availability fault tolerance scalability and performance
- Oversee Kubernetes-based orchestration and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Improve CI/CD release engineering and operational excellence
Reliability Security & Compliance
- Establish best-in-class reliability practices (SLOs SLAs observability incident response)
- Lead cloud security initiatives and enterprise compliance (SOC 2 ISO 27001 etc.)
- Build a strong DevSecOps culture and processes
Cost & Performance Optimization
- Optimize cloud cost efficiency at scale
- Implement strong FinOps practices
- Balance performance reliability and infrastructure spend
Leadership & Organizational Growth
- Hire mentor and scale a high-performing cloud engineering organization
- Develop engineering managers and technical leaders
- Foster a culture of ownership accountability and operational excellence
- Drive cross-functional execution with product and sales teams
Requirements
Experience
- 10 years in engineering leadership including senior roles in cloud/platform engineering
- Experience building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms
- Proven track record in managing distributed teams
- Deep experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures
- Experience operating high-scale production-critical infrastructure
- Experience with enterprise security and compliance frameworks
Technical Depth
- Strong background in distributed systems
- Experience running large-scale infrastructure in AWS/GCP/Azure
- Deep knowledge of observability reliability engineering and automation
- Strong understanding of DevOps CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
Leadership Traits
- Strategic thinker who can also dive deep technically
- Strong decision-making in high-growth fast-changing environments
- Clear communicator across technical and business stakeholders
- Data-driven and customer-focused
Nice to Have
- Experience with search engines databases storage systems or data infrastructure
- Experience in open-source companies
- Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure or vector search systems
Benefits
Shape the future of AI infrastructure
Lead cloud strategy at a fast-growing open-source company
Work with a globally distributed high-talent engineering team
Competitive compensation equity
Remote-first culture
Candidates please submit a short non-AI-generated cover letter and explain why you think you are a great fit for this role.
It is a remote position but candidates from Europe will be given preference.
Recruiters: we accept candidate profiles from external recruiters and headhunters only via π΅πππ½π://π΅πΆπΏπ²π―ππ³π³π²πΏ.π°πΌπΊ
Key Skills
- React Native
- AI
- Enterprise Software
- React
- Node.js
- Redis
- AWS
- Software Development
- IOS
- Team Management
- Product Development
- Mobile Applications
About Company
Qdrant is powering the next generation of AI applications with advanced, high-performant vector similarity search technology. Our flagship product is the leading open-source Vector Search Engine. https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant
