Engineering Lead - Cloud deployment

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging AI and data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge offerings including Cognite Atlas AI, an industrial agent workbench, and the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

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Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success. 

Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth. 

The Engineering Leader – Platform, Private SaaS, and Cloud Deployment will lead a global team responsible for the technical backbone of Cognite’s deployment ecosystem — spanning the entire platform including Private SaaS environments, single/multi-tenant cloud deployment, developer tooling, observability/insight, datastore, and reliability engineering.

This leader will drive the end-to-end strategy for how Cognite builds, deploys, operates, and monitors its services across environments. The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, architectural depth, and operational rigor, along with the ability to lead and build high-performing teams across multiple geographies.

• Own the overall deployment strategy across Private SaaS and Multi Cloud, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reliability
• Lead and grow engineering teams responsible for platform services, developer tools, observability, and reliability practices
• Define and execute the roadmap for deployment automation, environment management, observability, and continuous delivery
• Drive operational excellence across all environments, ensuring uptime, performance, and service quality aligned to defined SLOs
• Establish and maintain reliability metrics (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets) and embed these into engineering culture and processes
• Partner with the Architecture, Security, and Product teams to ensure platform services meet performance, compliance, and scalability goals
• Champion platform reusability and internal developer productivity through tools, shared services, and CI/CD optimisation
• Lead incident management and post-mortem practices, fostering learning and transparency
• Collaborate with customers and partners for Private SaaS deployments to ensure secure, compliant, and high-performing environments
• Mentor engineering managers and leads, driving a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvements
• Contribute to Cognite’s AI-native transformation, embedding automation, AI-assisted diagnostics, and intelligent observability into engineering operations

• 10 years of engineering experience, including 4 years in engineering leadership roles spanning platform, infrastructure, or reliability domains
• Proven success leading SaaS or hybrid cloud deployments with high availability and stringent security requirements
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc.)
• Hands-on familiarity with observability and reliability practices (e.g., SLO/SLI, error budgets, incident management)
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical programs across multiple teams and time zones
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills able to partner with Product, Architecture, and Security to drive shared outcomes
• Proven experience in building scalable engineering systems and teams that balance innovation with reliability
• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect technical initiatives to business impact and customer outcomes
• Passionate about modern engineering practices, developer productivity, and a culture of learning and excellence

• Experience in data platforms, industrial, or mission-critical software
• Background in multi-cloud or Private SaaS delivery models
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR, or similar
• Exposure to AI-driven observability or autonomous remediation systems
• Experience managing distributed teams across geographies (Europe and Asia)

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

* Join an organization of 60 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝

* A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more

* Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers

* Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries, with cutting edge technology

* Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

* Get access to private health services with Cognite Care.

* Hungry? We’ve got your back. A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House)

* Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar ☕ with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.

* We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.

* A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot at the Robot Garden!

Why choose Cognite? 🏆 🚀

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation! And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader! 🥇 Most recently Cognite Data Fusion® Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins 🥇

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If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team. Please do not hesitate to contact our Talent Acquisition team with any questions -

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