Head of Engineering

Role

Ankercloud is hiring a Head of Engineering to lead its cloud engineering and consulting practice. This senior leadership role focuses on designing and delivering cloud solutions for customers, driving technical delivery excellence, and scaling a services-driven consulting organization rather than building in-house products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive cloud engineering and delivery strategy aligned with business objectives and customer needs.
• Establish and enforce best practices for infrastructure and application architecture, security, governance, automation, and cost optimization.
• Own technical standards, reference architectures, migration patterns, modernization approaches, and operational models.
• Ensure security, compliance, reliability, and scalability are embedded across customer solutions.
• Oversee end-to-end technical delivery across engagements from discovery and architecture design to implementation and handover.
• Lead technical consulting activities including architecture reviews, roadmap discussions, and executive-level engagements.
• Partner with Customer Success to ensure long-term value realization and repeat business; define and track delivery KPIs (customer satisfaction, quality, predictability, risk management).
• Collaborate with Sales and Business teams on pre-sales solutioning, technical proposals, and RFP responses; ensure technical commitments are realistic and executable.
• Build, scale, and mentor a high-performing cloud engineering and consulting organization; create career paths and capability frameworks; implement performance management systems.
• Communicate delivery risks, timelines, and trade-offs to stakeholders and contribute to overall company strategy and positioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, technology consulting, or enterprise delivery, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale cloud migration, modernization, or platform initiatives for enterprise customers.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP, including security, networking, and governance.
• Experience building and scaling consulting or delivery teams in a services-driven environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the end-to-end application development lifecycle.
• Production-level experience with the latest GenAI tools for code augmentation, vibe coding, and compliant/secure implementations of modern technologies.
• Excellent customer-facing, communication, and stakeholder management skills; ability to balance technical excellence, delivery quality, and commercial outcomes.

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• Experience in cloud or application development consulting firms, system integrators, or managed services organizations.
• Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Understanding of AI-enabled cloud services and automation applied in customer environments.
• Strong analytical and data-driven approach to delivery and decision-making.
• Customer-first mindset, ownership, accountability, strong problem-solving and decision-making in complex environments, and executive-level communication skills.

Technical Expertise

• Deep hands-on understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), hybrid architectures, and enterprise-scale deployments.
• Practical understanding of AI and data services within modern cloud platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, identity, networking, monitoring, cost optimization, cloud-native patterns, automation, and operational best practices.