OpenStack Cloud Engineering Lead (Remote)

Jobgether SRL; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

Biannual in-person team sprints

USD 2,000 learning budget per year

Annual compensation reviews

Performance-based bonus/commission

Job summary

Jobgether SRL is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager in the United States 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 while coordinating priorities, milestones, and service levels across globally distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technology-related field.
• Experience delivering software using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar, and/or leading technical operations teams.
• Proven professional experience working with OpenStack.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, maintainable code, and engineering quality practices.
• Experience with Linux system administration; familiarity with Ubuntu or Debian is an advantage.
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and structured engineering practices.
• Previous experience working within and managing geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and customer-facing environments.
• Willingness and ability to travel for team events, company gatherings, and customer meetings, generally around 20% or less.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering team responsible for the day-to-day managed service of customer environments, balancing development and operational priorities.
• Improve engineering quality and delivery velocity by establishing effective processes, practices, and team workflows.
• Monitor and measure team health indicators, using insights to improve performance, collaboration, and operational effectiveness.
• Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes that support consistent, reliable, and maintainable service delivery.
• Represent the team with customers, internal stakeholders, product engineering groups, and external teams.
• Maintain clear focus on priorities, milestones, deliverables, and customer commitments across multiple environments.
• Ensure customer deployments meet agreed service level requirements and that managed services are delivered consistently and on time.
• Collaborate closely with customers, product engineering, and operations teams to resolve challenges and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills

OpenStack

Python

Go

Linux administration

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Remote leadership

Education

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

Tools

Ubuntu/Debian

Job description

Jobgether SRL is seeking an OpenStack Engineering Manager in the United States 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 while coordinating priorities, milestones, and service levels across globally distributed teams.