Director of Cloud Native Applications

The Role

The Mission
We are seeking a seasoned Director of Cloud Native Applications to join our growing App Dev, AI, and ML practice.

About the Role

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Practice Leadership: Help define and execute the strategic vision for the Application Development, AI, and ML practice, ensuring alignment with company objectives, market opportunities, and AWS best practices.
• Technical Excellence: Establish, evolve, and promote industry-leading methodologies, frameworks, architectures, and delivery patterns for modern applications, cloud-native platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.
• People Management: Lead and mentor a team of 50+ software engineers, architects, AI, and consulting professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, engineering excellence, and practical AI adoption.
• Delivery Excellence: Oversee the successful execution of customer engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and effective use of AI-powered tools and practices to improve speed, quality, and outcomes.
• Partnership: Strengthen our collaboration with technology partners (AWS, Anthropic, etc.) by leveraging the latest technologies, partner programs, and innovation opportunities across application development, AI, and ML 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, AI-enabled offerings, and customer needs with business opportunities.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of industry trends in application development, AI, and ML; drive innovation within the practice; and represent the company in conferences, webinars, customer conversations, and partner-related events (AWS, Anthropic, etc.).
• AI & Emerging Technologies Leadership: Champion the development and implementation of AI-powered solutions for both internal delivery acceleration and customer-facing outcomes, while helping teams identify practical, responsible, and high-value ways to apply emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• 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 projects.
• 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 AI products and solutions.

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
• Base Salary Range: The expected base salary range for this position is $190,000 - $250,000 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Additional Compensation Components: In addition to the base salary, the compensation package may include bonuses, commissions, equity, and other incentives. The specific components will vary depending on the role and individual and/or company performance.
• This role may require up to 25% travel, depending on business needs.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com.