Senior Software Engineer, Cloud & AI Data Plane

Redpanda Data; United States; On-site; USD 205,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Redpanda Data is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) powering its cloud and SaaS offerings. You will lead system design, develop features, and operate ADP and Redpanda Cloud, driving resilience and zero-downtime upgrades.

You will collaborate across Cloud, Core, and Platform engineering, plus pre- and post-sales teams, to deliver scalable, reliable systems with strong observability and security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and operating large-scale, reliable systems in public cloud environments.
• Track record of leading large technical projects end-to-end from design to production operations.
• Strong proficiency in Go (or comparable systems language).
• Experience with AI-assisted software development workflows including Claude Code.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate ADP and cloud services across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including control plane and data plane components.
• Convert ambiguous product requirements into clear technical designs and executable workstreams.
• Lead the technical direction of large projects within ADP, and contribute to cross-team architecture discussions.
• Anticipate technical risks and mitigate them to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Set and uphold high standards for reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Identify and champion new features, process improvements, and strategic initiatives.
• Participate in the on-call escalation chain; reduce escalations and improve health.
• Build tools for automated infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and self-healing.
• Make resilience and observability integral to the systems you own.

Skills

Go

AI-assisted Dev

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Stream processing

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Project leadership

Tools

Claude Code

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Redpanda Data is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) powering its cloud and SaaS offerings. You will lead system design, develop features, and operate ADP and Redpanda Cloud, driving resilience and zero-downtime upgrades.

You will collaborate across Cloud, Core, and Platform engineering, plus pre- and post-sales teams, to deliver scalable, reliable systems with strong observability and security.