Sr. Engineering Manager, Cloud

Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction — a unified platform that combines streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with the governance layer enterprise AI agents need in production.

Built on infrastructure already trusted by Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups, Redpanda enforces governance entirely outside the agent's data path, controlling what agents see, limiting what they do, and capturing a tamper-proof record of everything they touch, so organizations never have to choose between innovation and control.

We are looking for an accomplished and forward-thinking Senior Engineering Manager to lead one of our Cloud engineering teams. Reporting to the Director of Cloud Engineering, you will own the day-to-day delivery, quality, and operational excellence of your team's areas, and coach the engineers on your team to . You’ll partner closely with Product, peer engineering leadership, and field teams to ship and operate highly reliable services, across Redpanda’s BYOC and Serverless products, and Agentic Data Plane.

You will:

• Lead and manage a team of engineers working on Redpanda Cloud, including Agentic Data Plane efforts

• Own end-to-end delivery for your team's roadmap: scoping, prioritisation, execution, and on-time, high-quality launches

• Maintain a high bar bar for operational excellence, including incident response, on-call health, SLOs, and day-2 operations

• Provide regular career development, coaching, and performance feedback that helps engineers level up

• Hire, onboard, and retain top-tier engineers; participate actively in interview loops and calibrations

• Partner with Product Management to shape the team's roadmap and translate product priorities into clear engineering plans

• Surface risks, dependencies, and trade-offs early

• Be data driven to to identify what's working and where to invest

• Collaborate with the Customer Success and Solutions Engineering to unblock customers and prioritise our roadmap

You have:

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including building and operating enterprise-grade SaaS platforms

• 3+ years of experience managing highly technical engineering teams, with a track record of delivery

• Expertise in cloud infrastructure and operations, with hands-on experience in public clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, and distributed systems

• Familiarity with agentic AI processes, and AI-assisted software development lifecycles

• Experience translating product priorities into team plans and delivering predictably against them

• Eagerness to thrive in a fast growing, dynamic environment and comfortable working remotely with a distributed team

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated technical leadership

• A strong sense of empathy for both customers and teammates, and a commitment to building high-trust teams

Nice to have:

• Golang proficiency or recent hands-on technical experience

• Expertise in Linux systems used to run and operate production-grade services

• Hands-on experience with data streaming platforms, AI/ML infrastructure, databases, or distributed storage systems at scale

• Experience enabling teams to adopt AI code generation tools in ways that measurably improve velocity while maintaining quality 

U.S. base salary range for this role is $240,000 - $285,000 (CA, NY, WA) and  $230,000 - $270,000 (other US locations). Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that Redpanda uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in the screening and assessment of applications for this position. However, all final hiring decisions are made by our human hiring team.

Vacancy Status: This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness. You'll dive into a nimble, high-impact team with the latest AI tools — and the budget to actually use them.