Join a high-impact engineering environment where you will lead a team building and operating cloud services at scale, with a strong focus on Kubernetes, Operators, networking, and service ownership .

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who enjoys combining people leadership , technical vision , and cloud-native engineering in a modern, product-driven environment.

What you will do

- Lead, mentor, and support a team of engineers, helping them grow and perform at their best
- Take ownership of the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud services
- Drive technical excellence across the team, including scalability, maintainability, and correctness
- Play a key role in shaping system design and validating technical solutions
- Contribute to the technical roadmap and align engineering direction with product and customer needs
- Support hiring activities and help attract strong talent into the team
- Foster an open, blameless, and collaborative engineering culture
- Partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and Agile stakeholders

What we are looking for

- 5+ years of experience building and delivering software products




- 3+ years in a technical leadership role, with ownership of projects and engineering direction
- 2+ years of people management / disciplinary leadership experience
- Strong servant leadership mindset, with a genuine passion for supporting and empowering others
- Strong experience with Kubernetes , ideally with certifications such as CKA or CKAD
- Experience developing Kubernetes Operators
- Solid understanding of networking , including areas such as Linux networking, routing, or SDN
- Comfortable working in agile, cloud-native, and product-oriented environments
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Business fluent English

Nice to have

- Experience with OpenStack
- German language skills

Why this role is interesting

This is not just a people management role. It is a chance to lead from the front in a technically demanding environment, where Kubernetes Operators, cloud services, and platform reliability are core to the mission. You will have real influence on both the technical direction and the team culture , while helping build scalable services with meaningful impact.

📌 Engineering Manager | Kubernetes Operators & Cloud Services (Barcelona)
🏢 Talent
📍 Barcelona