OpenStack Engineering Manager | Global Remote Leader

Lever, Inc.; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

In-person team sprints twice a year

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation reviews

Performance-based bonus or commission

Travel opportunities

Wellness program

Job summary

Lever, Inc. is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager in Saudi Arabia to lead a distributed engineering team responsible for operating modern private-cloud infrastructure for customers worldwide.

You will blend technical leadership with people management, service delivery, and continuous engineering improvement in a remote-first environment, across OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technology-related field.
• Proven experience delivering software and managing technical operations teams.
• Demonstrated professional experience working with OpenStack.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and engineering quality practices.
• Experience with Linux system administration (Ubuntu/Debian familiarity preferred).
• Experience in distributed teams and remote collaboration.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day managed service of customer environments while balancing development and operational priorities.
• Improve engineering quality and delivery velocity through processes, practices, and team workflows.
• Monitor team health indicators and drive performance improvements.
• Represent the team with customers, product engineering, and external teams.
• Ensure SLAs are met and services are delivered reliably.
• Coordinate priorities across globally distributed teams.

Skills

OpenStack

Python

Go

Java

C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technology-related field

Tools

Linux

Job description

Lever, Inc. is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager in Saudi Arabia to lead a distributed engineering team responsible for operating modern private-cloud infrastructure for customers worldwide.

You will blend technical leadership with people management, service delivery, and continuous engineering improvement in a remote-first environment, across OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud technologies.