Tech Stack

Description

You will lead the team that builds the partner-facing Aiven platform, balancing requirements from multiple stakeholders to deliver the best roadmap for our partners. This role combines technical leadership with operational excellence, managing a pipeline of new region launches, service extensions, and critical platform upgrades.

Requirements

• Proven track record of leading diverse and distributed teams to successfully deliver software products.
• Strong product sense that enables you to drive the direction of products towards meeting customer needs.
• Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to effectively engage directly with customers.
• Ability to bring order and clarity to a dynamic, ambiguous environment.
• Experience in recruiting engineering talent and understanding what it takes to build and retain high-performing teams.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Good knowledge of VM-based cloud infrastructure fundamentals.
• Experience with Python and PostgreSQL in modular/distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of release management and testing best practices to own the delivery pipeline.
• Genuine interest in solving complex technical challenges with customer-focused solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with OEMs to gather detailed requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment between partner expectations and engineering deliverables.
• Proactively solicit and analyze customer feedback, acting as an advocate for OEM needs within the engineering organization.
• Provide regular status updates to OEMs, including project progress, milestones, and potential risks, ensuring transparency and proactive issue resolution.
• Effectively allocate engineering resources across projects and initiatives, ensuring optimal utilization and alignment with OEM delivery priorities.
• Assess and optimize the team structure, identifying skill gaps and implementing training and development programs to enhance team capabilities.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and foster a positive and motivating work environment.
• Lead the planning and execution of OEM-focused engineering projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Orchestrate and coordinate deliveries across OEM partners and product domains, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with OEM requirements.
• Continuously analyze and improve delivery processes, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to streamline workflows.
• Proactively identify and assess potential risks, developing mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions and ensure on-time deliveries.
• Foster a culture of technical decision-making within the team, empowering engineers to contribute their expertise and insights.
• Cultivate a psychologically safe environment where team members feel comfortable taking risks, sharing ideas, and providing open and honest feedback.
• Actively seek and recruit high-potential engineering talent to strengthen the team's capabilities.
• Lead managerial interviews for engineering candidates, and train the team on effective technical interviewing techniques.
• Develop and implement comprehensive onboarding programs to ensure new hires are quickly integrated and productive.