Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform (San Francisco)

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Staff 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

• Significant 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).
• Production experience with Kubernetes, including running and operating workloads.
• Working knowledge of at least one of AWS / Azure / GCP, including IaC for system and network infrastructure.
• Familiarity with stream processing concepts.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Generous paid time off policy.
• Employee resource groups for support and community building.

Pay

The U.S. base salary range for this role is $220,000 - $260,000. 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.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco office.