Team Lead, Software Engineering

About the role

Virtuozzo provides infrastructure software for AI and the cloud, offering mainframe-like performance, reliability and security for hyperconverged infrastructure. This role leads a team of 5-10 senior engineers building the Virtuozzo Infrastructure System, covering distributed storage, virtualisation, cluster orchestration, high availability, VM management, monitoring and updates via UI and REST APIs. It suits someone who enjoys leading complex projects while staying close to the code.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5-10 senior engineers: set vision, prioritise roadmaps and foster a high-performance culture.
• Architect major features for cluster lifecycle, HA systems and performance optimisation, contributing hands-on code where needed.
• Champion code quality by overseeing automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and technical debt reduction.
• Work with product, QA and support teams to resolve production issues and evolve the platform from customer feedback.
• Mentor engineers on Linux systems, networking and distributed design, run code reviews and grow talent.

Required profile

• 5+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years leading teams.
• Proven track record guiding distributed systems projects and solving hard problems to unblock teams.
• Leadership experience: mentoring, running agile processes and delivering under deadlines.

Required skills

• Expertise in Python, Rust, Go or C/C++ for production systems.
• Strong Linux kernel knowledge (NUMA, scheduling, I/O) and networking (SDN, TCP/IP).
• Preferred: hypervisor (KVM), container (Docker/Podman), Kubernetes or distributed storage experience.
• Preferred: system programming background, automation (Ansible, Bash, Terraform) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

What we offer

• Remote and flexible working hours anywhere in EMEAB.
• Training budget, certification support, mentorship and career progression.
• Recognition programmes, referral bonuses and learning initiatives.
• Share options.