Sr. Engineering Manager, Cloud

Company: Redpanda Data

About the Company: Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) — a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Global customers include Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, and Vodafone. Backed by Lightspeed, GV, and Haystack VC. Diverse, people-first, globally distributed organization.

Job Category: Engineering Management / Cloud / AI Infrastructure

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Remote — USA or Canada

Salary: $230,000–$285,000 (CA/NY/WA); $220,000–$270,000 (all other US locations)

Application Link: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/redpandadata/jobs/4693033005

Posted: May 11, 2026 (marked "New" on Greenhouse)

Job Description: You'll lead one of Redpanda's Cloud engineering teams, reporting to the Director of Cloud Engineering. You'll own end-to-end delivery for your team's roadmap across Redpanda Cloud, Agentic Data Plane, and BYOC and Serverless products — driving quality, operational excellence, and team growth in a fast-moving AI infrastructure company.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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, prioritization, execution, and high-quality launches
• Maintain high operational excellence standards — incident response, on-call health, SLOs, and day-2 operations
• Provide regular career development coaching and performance feedback
• 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 engineering plans
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Solutions Engineering to unblock customers and prioritize roadmap

Requirements:

• 7+ years software engineering experience, including building and operating enterprise-grade SaaS platforms
• 3+ years managing highly technical engineering teams with a track record of delivery
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure and operations with hands-on experience in AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, and distributed systems
• Familiarity with agentic AI processes and AI-assisted software development lifecycles
• Eagerness to thrive in a fast-growing, dynamic, fully remote environment
• Golang proficiency a plus; Linux systems expertise a bonus

Benefits: Fully distributed global culture, competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive benefits package.