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As Team Lead of Infrastructure & DevOps, you'll own the architecture, reliability, and scalability of Softdrive's core virtualization platform. This includes leading a distributed DevOps team and driving automation across infrastructure provisioning.
Requirements
Candidates should have 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or DevOps engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. Deep hands-on experience with hypervisors and strong networking fundamentals are essential.
Working hours
40 hours per week
Work arrangement
Remote OK
Skills
- Infrastructure
- Cloud
- DevOps
- KVM
- oVirt
- Server Management
- Networking
- OpenStack
- OS Fundamentals
- SRE Practices
- Communication
- Automation
- VPN
- VLANs
- Firewall Management
- Container Technologies
Remote locations (standardized)
Visa sponsorship
Not detected in the job text
Categories
- Technology
- Engineering
- Management & Leadership
- Software
Keywords
- Cloud Infrastructure
- DevOps
- Virtual Desktops
- VDI
- GPU
- CPU
- Automation
- SASE Networking
- Hybrid Storage
- Dynamic Auto-Scaling
- Incident Response
- Documentation Standards
- Production Environments
- Team Leadership
- Distributed Teams
- Containerization
- Kubernetes
- Docker
Original job description
About Us
Softdrive is a startup on a mission to make powerful compute accessible to every enterprise, without the complexity or cost that has defined the VDI industry for decades. We build and stream high-performance virtual desktops to any device, across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, so teams can stay productive from anywhere without being constrained by their hardware.
Our performance is 5x faster and our setup time is 80% shorter than the legacy industry players. We deliver the lowest total cost of ownership in the market, handle GPU- and CPU-intensive workloads at scale, and eliminate the burden of physical hardware management. We’re proud to build in partnership with Oracle, NVIDIA, and Autodesk.
Joining Softdrive means working on hard infrastructure problems that actually matter, at a company early enough that your work shapes the product, the team, and the culture. We move fast, operate with high ownership, and are building something the industry's biggest players haven't been able to crack.
About the Role
As Team Lead of Infrastructure & DevOps, you'll own the architecture, reliability, and scalability of Softdrive's core virtualization platform. This is a hands-on leadership role - you'll be in the code and config alongside your team while also driving priorities, coordinating workload across a distributed organization, and raising the technical bar across the board. You'll work on cutting-edge infrastructure challenges including app virtualization, dynamic auto-scaling, hybrid storage, and SASE networking, building technology that defines the future of VDI.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain Softdrive's KVM/oVirt virtualization environment on top of bare metal and public cloud infrastructure
Own infrastructure reliability, uptime, and site reliability engineering practices
Lead and coordinate a distributed, cross-timezone DevOps team - managing sprint planning, workload prioritization, and delivery cadence
Drive automation across image management and infrastructure provisioning
Own networking configuration including SASE, VPN, VLANs, subnets, and firewall management
Participate in on-call rotation as the senior escalation point for production incidents, and establish on-call processes and runbooks for the broader team
Establish and enforce infrastructure best practices, documentation standards, and incident response processes
Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to translate roadmap requirements into infrastructure decisions
Serve as the technical escalation point for your team and a thought partner to leadership on infrastructure strategy
About You
Requirements & Qualifications
10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or DevOps engineering
2+ years in a team lead or technical lead capacity
Deep, hands-on experience with hypervisors - KVM strongly preferred
Proficiency with server management tools such as oVirt or vCenter
Strong networking fundamentals - VLANs, subnets, firewalls, NIC virtualization
Experience with cloud management platforms such as OpenStack
Solid understanding of OS fundamentals including memory hierarchy, storage, and compute
Comfortable owning production environments and driving SRE practices
Strong communication skills - able to operate effectively across timezones and translate technical complexity for non-technical stakeholders
Nice-to-Have
Experience working at an early-stage startup
Experience leading or managing a distributed/remote team
Familiarity with VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service platforms
Experience with cloud orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code tools
Proficiency with container technologies - Kubernetes, Docker
Working knowledge of GPU virtualization and hardware performance optimization
