Director, Site Reliability Engineering

We’re a global team of over 400 people, working together to push the boundaries of open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our vision is to help developers, builders, and creators bring their ideas to life with speed and simplicity, by providing a cloud data platform that makes open-source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure easily accessible to everyone.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading and scaling global SRE or infrastructure organizations through managers, ideally across multiple regions and time zones.
• Strong track record of defining and executing reliability strategy at scale, including ownership of SLIs/SLOs, incident management frameworks, and operational excellence programs.
• Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and mentor senior leaders, creating high-performing, inclusive teams and strong leadership pipelines.
• Experience operating in a 24/7/365 production environment, with deep understanding of follow-the-sun models, on-call design, and large-scale incident response.
• Ability to partner cross-functionally at the executive level (Engineering, Product, Support) to influence architecture, prioritization, and long-term platform investments.
• Strong data-driven leadership approach, with experience defining SLI/SLOs and using metrics to drive prioritization, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Solid technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and automation, with the ability to engage credibly with senior engineers and influence technical direction.
• Experience driving large-scale change and organizational design, including scaling teams, evolving operating models, and improving efficiency and reliability at company level.

Benefits

• Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
• Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
• Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.