Senior Engineering Manager

### 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

• Remote-first work flexibility • Comprehensive healthcare: medical, dental, vision • 401(k) matching for US/UK employees • Unlimited paid time off • Home office and education stipend • Company swag