Who you are

• 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
• 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

What the job involves

• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Remote first: We’re a remote-first company that puts humans first. We advocate for working wherever you're most productive
• Comprehensive healthcare: We’ve got you covered with a mix of plans ranging from fully-paid medical, dental and vision, to premium coverage
• 401(k) matching: Our 401(k) plans let you save for your future. And for our US and UK employees — we match
• Unlimited PTO: Take time to relax and recharge. Option to select region-specific holidays. Our vacation policy puts you in control
• Home office & education reimbursement: $1,000 to gear-up your home office, $50 towards each wifi bill, $500 to invest in your learning and development annually
• Redpanda swag: Hands down the coolest swag in our industry! Your family will steal it. Guaranteed