About
A deliberate model, stated openly
One principal architect signs every engagement. The right senior specialists join around the problem at hand. The practice stays deliberately small, so accountability stays clear.
The story, in one paragraph
Twenty-one years of engineering, from hands-on code in 2005 to principal cloud architecture — inside top UK e-commerce brands and the delivery organization of a 3,000-engineer digital services group, running solution design, hiring and technical leadership. Cloudthunder is that experience restructured: the same judgement, now serving the companies that need an answer more than a headcount.
How the model works
A senior technology practice, built around one accountable principal
One architect, every verdict
Every engagement is designed, reviewed and signed by the same principal architect. Nothing ships unsigned.
The right specialists, when needed
Security, data, Kubernetes and domain specialists join per project from a vetted network, committed on availability before we promise dates. No bench, no bench costs.
Lean by design
We keep the practice deliberately small and bring in specialists only when the engagement needs them. You pay for senior attention, not layers or bench time.
The result is a senior technology practice that assembles the right specialists around one accountable principal. The structure keeps responsibility clear from the first conversation to the final recommendation.
The practice
Built around one signature, staffed by a network
Cloudthunder is a European technology consultancy and managed sovereign cloud provider. At its core sits a principal-architecture practice: solution design and technical leadership for e-commerce, media and SaaS platforms across Europe, certified at architect, operations and developer level on the major cloud.
Around that core operates the specialist network, engaged per project. The structure is the product: senior judgement without the pyramid of juniors that usually pays for it.
Independence
We never audit a vendor we work with
Independence is a rule with consequences, not a value statement. If a delivery partner of ours appears in your evaluation, we decline the audit and tell you why. The rule costs us engagements every year, which is exactly what makes the ones we accept worth paying for.
