Senior Software Engineer, Cloud

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help architect and build the systems that power Redpanda’s vision for the Agentic Data Plane (ADP), while also shaping the technical culture behind them.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop our ADP product, building on our Bring Your Own Cloud, Serverless, and Redpanda Connect offerings.
• Lead system architecture, develop new features, and operate ADP and Redpanda Cloud, helping us meet our 99.99% SLA.
• Raise the engineering bar across the Cloud team and collaborate closely with Cloud, Core, and Platform engineering, as well as pre- and post-sales teams, to build robust, scalable systems with a strong emphasis on stability and zero-downtime upgrades.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale, reliable systems in public cloud environments.
• A track record of leading large technical projects end-to-end, from design and planning, to execution and production operations.
• Strong proficiency in Go (or comparable systems language with willingness to ramp).
• Experience with AI-assisted software development workflows including tools like Claude Code.
• Production experience with Kubernetes, including running and operating workloads.
• Familiarity with stream processing concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working in a globally distributed, async environment (e.g., GitHub).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product, and customer-facing stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of at least one of AWS / Azure / GCP, including IaC for system and network infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development workflows.

Skills

• Experience building Kubernetes operators for stateful / storage workloads.
• Experience building or operating SaaS platforms.
• Exposure to production agentic systems and building agentic workflows.

Benefits

U.S. base salary range for this role is $205,000 - $240,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. We strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary.