Senior OpenStack Driver Engineer - Python & Bare Metal

Rackspace Technology; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology seeks a Software Developer IV with deep OpenStack expertise to join our Bare Metal Infrastructure team. You will write and maintain custom backends and drivers for Ironic, Cinder, Nova, and Neutron in data center scale deployments.

This senior individual contributor role shapes architectural direction, drives quality, and mentors teammates while operating in Kubernetes-native environments with CI/CD and production ownership.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of software development experience.
• At least four years working with OpenStack in production.
• Deep knowledge of Ironic, Cinder, Nova, or Neutron and their driver interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain custom drivers and backends for OpenStack Ironic, Cinder, Nova, and Neutron.
• Own the full lifecycle from design through production operation.
• Contribute upstream improvements and participate in OpenStack reviews.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor team members.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Linux

Distributed systems

Tools

NetBox

Nautobot

Ceph

Gerrit

Zuul CI

Job description

Rackspace Technology seeks a Software Developer IV with deep OpenStack expertise to join our Bare Metal Infrastructure team. You will write and maintain custom backends and drivers for Ironic, Cinder, Nova, and Neutron in data center scale deployments.

This senior individual contributor role shapes architectural direction, drives quality, and mentors teammates while operating in Kubernetes-native environments with CI/CD and production ownership.