Manager, Engineering

Riverbed. Empower the Experience:

Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, helps organizations optimize their users’ experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improve IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. Learn more at riverbed.com

Position:

Position: Automation Development Lead

Location: Hod Hasharon (Hybrid)

We’re not looking for someone to “ We’re looking for someone to build it, scale it, and make it unstoppable. Riverbed is looking for a hands-on Automation Development Lead to own and drive automation domain across our engineering organization. This is a high-impact role for a technical powerhouse who knows how to architect automation frameworks, integrate them deeply into CI/CD pipelines, and turn quality into a competitive advantage. You will build infrastructure, define standards, lead engineers directly as well as indirectly, and push automation into every stage of development. If you think Jenkins is more than a tool - we want to talk with you.

What you will do:
Define and drive the end-to-end automation strategy, architecture, and roadmap (backend + UI).
Build, scale, and continuously evolve robust automation frameworks and infrastructure.
Embed automation deeply into CI/CD pipelines in close partnership with DevOps.
Act as the technical authority for automation — setting standards, reviewing code, and raising the engineering bar.
Lead and mentor a team of automation engineers, fostering ownership, growth, and execution excellence.
Stay hands-on, writing production-level automation code while guiding design decisions.
Drive execution through clear priorities, measurable goals, and accountability.
Drive organizational automation transformation — across tools, processes, and engineering culture.
Act as a key stakeholder in cross-functional planning and delivery.
Take full accountability for automation quality, delivery, and long-term scalability.
What makes you an ideal candidate:
5+ years of hands-on automation development.
At least 2 years’ experience as a team leader/manager .
Proven leadership experience (formal or informal — we care about impact).
Strong background in Java and scripting languages.
Deep experience building automation for backend systems and UI applications.
Strong automation architecture mindset — not just writing tests.
Mastery of Jenkins (pipeline design, scaling, integrations, optimization).
Strong CI/CD knowledge and real-world pipeline integration experience.
Experience working closely with DevOps teams and embedding automation into development workflows.
Hands-on experience with tools like Selenium, API automation frameworks, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, etc.
Experience working with complex, large-scale distributed systems.
Deep understanding of object-oriented design.
Passionate, Team player, Quality Driven with excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.

Great Advantages

Experience leading automation transformation in an organization.
Performance testing experience.
Experience owning quality end-to-end (including manual QA teams).
Clear, direct communicator who thrives on transparency and breaks silos to drive real cross-team execution

Who You Are

Builder mentality.
Technical authority.
Change agent.
Quality obsessed.
Comfortable challenging the status quo.
Not afraid to start from scratch and make it better.
What we offer:

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.

Benefits & Perks vary by Country.

About Riverbed:

With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile and proven—and we continue to disrupt the market with differentiated solutions that help customers deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance. We are relentlessly customer-first: we listen, learn, and act with urgency to solve real problems and earn trust every day. We pair bold ideas with operational efficiency, simplifying how we work, focusing on what matters most, and delivering with quality and speed. Fueled by a will to win, we set ambitious goals, hold ourselves accountable, and raise the bar through measurable outcomes. At the center of it all are our people—bringing our best selves to work with a shared commitment to excellence, transparency, and open communication. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace where respect and wellbeing are prioritized. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It’s the Power of WE that binds us together and drives high-impact success.

Riverbed is an equal employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or child birth (including breast feeding), sexual orientation, genetics, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Check us out on:
www.riverbed.com
@LifeAtRiverbed

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