At Gradyent we're looking for a Product Lead Cloud & Security to join our team.
Full-time · Rotterdam
Note: this role is only open for those already based in The Netherlands
About Gradyent
Providing heating and cooling for homes, buildings and industry accounts for roughly 50% of global energy consumption. Smart production, exchange, and consumption of heat in heating grids is the most significant opportunity for cities and industries to decarbonize. Yet, as heating grids transform towards renewables, they become increasingly complex and require a new approach to control and design.
What you'll do
As Product Lead Cloud & Security, you will own the roadmap and execution of Gradyent’s cloud team. You’ll lead a team of engineers to build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions that power our digital twin platform with cutting edge infrastructure. This role combines product leadership, team leadership and technical oversight. It is your goal to ensure our cloud infrastructure is robust, compliant, and aligned with business goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the cloud product roadmap in alignment with Gradyent’s product strategy.
- Lead a team of ~6 FTE, that is occasionally extended with outsourced cloud engineers, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
- Translate business and product needs into scalable cloud architecture and services.
- Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud-native infrastructure (primarily AWS, but also GCP and Azure).
- Ensure high availability, performance, and observability across environments.
- Monitor and optimize cloud spend across services and environments.
- Collaborate with finance, CTO and other product leadership to align cloud investments with business value.
- Own cloud security roadmap, including identity and access management, encryption, and incident response.
- Take part in ISO team (we are 9001 and 27001 certified), bringing your experience and knowledge to help strengthen our security across the whole company
- Organize regular (external) security reviews, audits, and risk assessments.
- Work closely with Director of Engineering, CTO, other product leads and Operations leads to deliver impactful features.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps and security
- 2+ years of experience in a leadership role
- Expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proven experience managing cloud budgets and implementing cost optimization strategies.
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Background in SaaS, energy tech, or AI platforms is a plus.
- Fluent in English.
Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply?
At Gradyent, we support a growth mindset for our teams through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
What We Offer
- A very ambitious scale-up: raised Series B from an international consortium of investors in the sustainable energy industry
- The chance to have a direct impact on sustainability and energy transition.
- An international, inspiring environment of brilliant, fun, creative professionals. A fast, dynamic and high-performance culture open to new ideas and full of learning opportunities.
- A competitive salary with a variable incentive (SAR) on top.
- An excellent benefits package including an NS business card and fantastic team events.
