Max Kruger
Director of Technology @Eagle Eye
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Technology @Eagle Eye
London, GB
Technology leadership across multiple phases of company growth including early platform build, IPO, post-IPO scale, international expansion, and M&A activity.Part of the senior leadership team responsible for evolving a global API-first SaaS platform serving some of the world’s largest retailers, operating under enterprise-grade SLAs, security expectations, and large commercial contracts across multiple regions.Over the past 14+ years I’ve helped shape both technology strategy and engineering execution as the business evolved from early-stage growth (<£1m revenue) to £50m revenue, with current focus centred on supporting the next phase of scale toward £100m+ through platform maturity, operational efficiency, and global scalability.Key responsibilities and focus areas have included:• Leading transformation from legacy on-premise infrastructure into a cloud-native architecture within Google Cloud• Re-architecting platform capabilities into scalable, cloud-native, API-first services supporting millions of API requests per day• Supporting international growth through multi-region platform scalability and operational readiness• Expanding engineering organisation from 5 → 50+ engineers, introducing scalable delivery structures and ownership models• Embedding SRE principles including SLIs, SLOs, observability, incident response, and reliability engineering practices• Defining and executing cyber security strategy, including ISO 27001 and SOC 1 & SOC 2 certification• Managing multi-million-pound annual cloud and technology budgets, balancing growth, reliability, cost efficiency, and operational risk• Leading technical due diligence and integration planning across multiple acquisition activities• Working closely with executive leadership to align technology strategy with broader commercial objectivesExperience spans multiple startup lifecycles within a single organisation - from early platform build through to global operational scale.
EDUCATION
University of Reading
Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT MAX KRUGER
Technology leader with 14+ years experience delivering and scaling SaaS platforms across multiple phases of company growth, from early-stage platform build, through IPO, to post-IPO scale and M&A.Currently Technology Director at Eagle Eye Solutions, where I’ve evolved the platform from an on-premise architecture into a cloud-native, API-first platform operating at global scale across some of the world’s largest retailers.Experience includes:• Scaling platforms to millions of API requests per day• Cloud-native transformation into Google Cloud• Engineering organisation growth from 5 → 50+• Embedding SRE principles and reliability practices• Defining and executing the cyber security strategy• ISO 27001 and SOC 1 & SOC 2 initiatives• Managing multi-million-pound technology and cloud budgets• Supporting international growth, operational scale, and M&A activityA core part of my role has been aligning technology strategy with commercial objectives - balancing speed, reliability, cost, and long-term scalability while operating under enterprise-grade SLAs and customer expectations.Particular areas of interest include cloud-native architecture, platform scalability, reliability engineering, engineering leadership, and operational maturity within high-growth SaaS businesses.
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