OpenStack Engineering Manager — Remote, Global Cloud Leader

Lever, Inc.; Turkey; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; 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-driven bonus/commission

Job summary

Lever, Inc. (on behalf of a partner) is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager based in Turkey to lead a distributed engineering team responsible for operating modern private-cloud infrastructure for customers worldwide.

The role combines technical leadership with people management, service delivery, and continuous improvement across OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud technologies, while maintaining strong customer relationships in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technology-related field.
• Experience delivering software using Python/Go/C/C++/Java or similar and/or managing technical operations teams.
• Proven experience with OpenStack.
• Strong software testing and quality practices.
• Linux system administration experience; Ubuntu/Debian familiarity is a plus.
• Ability to understand complex distributed systems and cloud architectures.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day managed service of customer environments, balancing development and operational priorities.
• Improve engineering quality and delivery velocity through effective processes and workflows.
• Monitor team health indicators and drive performance improvements.
• Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes for reliable service delivery.
• Represent the team with customers, stakeholders, product groups, and external teams.
• Ensure deployments meet SLAs and are delivered on time across environments.
• Collaborate with customers and teams to identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

OpenStack

Leadership

Python

Kubernetes

Linux

Distributed teams

Cloud architectures

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field

Tools

Ubuntu/Debian

CI/CD

Job description

Lever, Inc. (on behalf of a partner) is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager based in Turkey to lead a distributed engineering team responsible for operating modern private-cloud infrastructure for customers worldwide.

The role combines technical leadership with people management, service delivery, and continuous improvement across OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud technologies, while maintaining strong customer relationships in a remote-first environment.