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Engineering Director, AI Infrastructure Engineering

Mirantis is a cloud computing company that provides open-source software, enabling organizations to control their strategic infrastructure and accelerate modern workload operations. They specialize in Kubernetes, OpenStack, and other cloud-native technologies.

Mirantis

Employee count: 501-1000

Germany only

We’re seeking a seasoned Engineering Director to lead our AI Infrastructure Engineering function. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the technical vision for scalable, high-impact infrastructure that enables AI-first platforms. open-source, composable AI infrastructure solutions This role requires strong engineering leadership, deep SDLC expertise, and a track record of successful delivery in complex technical environments.

We would ideally like this person to be based in Europe and to have hands-on experience in software development and integration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale, technically complex development programs from conception through delivery.

  • Define, implement, and evolve our Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes to ensure high-quality, efficient, and scalable software delivery.

  • Champion a product-centric engineering culture, ensuring trade-offs and priorities are tied to business outcomes.

  • Own and refine the software release lifecycle, including planning, risk management, and coordination across stakeholders.

  • Provide mentorship and strategic direction to engineering managers and senior engineers across globally distributed teams.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and Operations to ensure alignment and delivery excellence.

  • Influence technical strategy and investment decisions aligned with business priorities, especially in AI and infrastructure domains.

  • 8+ years of experience in engineering leadership roles, ideally within infrastructure, cloud-native, or AI-related domains.

  • Proven track record in leading complex development and integration programs.

  • Deep understanding of modern software development practices, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).

  • Strong knowledge of SDLC processes and software release lifecycle planning.

  • Experience collaborating with architecture, product, and engineering teams to define technical direction and deliver end-to-end solutions.

  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • Prior hands-on experience in software development and integration is a must.

Location preference: Europe.

Why This Role Matters

As the Engineering Director for AI Infrastructure, you’ll directly shape how our engineering teams deliver platforms that power the future of AI. Your leadership will ensure scalable architecture, release discipline, and tight alignment between product vision and engineering execution.

What does Mirantis offer you?
- Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry;
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies;
- Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation;
- Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued;

- Professional development and training;

- Attend conferences and working groups;

- Company outings, happy hours, hackathons, and tech talks;
- Receive a competitive compensation package with a strong benefits plan.

It is understood that Mirantis, Inc. may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) for specific employment-related decisions. Opting out of ADMT use is requested for decisions about evaluation and review connected with the specific employment decision for the position applied for. You also have the right to appeal any decisions made by ADMT by sending your request to isamoylova@mirantis.com

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We are a Leader for Container Management in G2 (#2 after AWS)!

About Mirantis

Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.

We serve global leaders including Adobe, PayPal, Liberty Mutual, Splunk, and Volkswagen. Learn more at www.mirantis.com.

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Through groundbreaking technology, Mirantis is revolutionizing how organizations achieve digital self-determination by providing complete control over their strategic infrastructure. The company empowers developers and innovators to create extraordinary products and services by automating the discovery, integration, and operation of the best cloud and open source technologies for their unique needs. Mirantis combines intelligent automation and cloud-native expertise for managing and operating virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. This allows platform teams to deliver a public cloud experience on any infrastructure, from the data center to the edge. Mirantis offers a cohesive cloud experience with complete application and operations portability, a single pane of glass, and automated full-stack lifecycle management, all based on open source using open standard APIs.

A longtime proponent of open source, Mirantis is actively involved in and contributes to more than 50 open source projects. These efforts are steered by the company's Open Source Program Office. Mirantis was one of the founding members of the OpenStack Foundation and has been a top contributor to the OpenStack project. The company has also been an active member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) since 2016, recently upgrading its membership to Gold. Key open source innovations from Mirantis include k0s, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution, Lens, a popular Kubernetes IDE with over 1.5 million users globally, and k0rdent, an open-source Distributed Container Management Environment (DCME). Mirantis' product portfolio includes Mirantis Container Cloud, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise), Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes, Mirantis Container Runtime, and Mirantis Secure Registry. These offerings help enterprises simplify Kubernetes application development and management, positioning Mirantis as a leader in container management products. The company serves many of the world's leading enterprises, including Adobe, DocuSign, Inmarsat, PayPal, and Societe Generale.

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