# Senior Software Engineer, Cloud

**Company:** [Redpanda Data](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/redpanda-data)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $205k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, iac, stream processing
**Posted:** 2026-05-21

> Senior Software Engineer building and operating the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) on Redpanda Cloud across AWS/GCP/Azure. Lead architecture for control/data planes, ensure 99.99% SLA with zero-downtime, and raise engineering standards using Go, Kubernetes, and AI tools.

## Job Description

## 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 architecture discussions that span ADP and adjacent Cloud teams.
- Anticipate technical risks and proactively 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 that enhance engineering culture and operational excellence.
- Participate in the on-call escalation chain; helping reduce escalations and improve operational health.
- Build tools and services for automated infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and self-healing.
- Make resilience and observability integral to the systems you own, enabling us to run enterprise-grade agentic systems and service in the cloud.

## 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.
- Working knowledge of at least one of AWS / Azure / GCP, including IaC for system and network infrastructure.
- 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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building Kubernetes operators for stateful / storage workloads.
- Experience building or operating SaaS platforms.
- Experience with streaming platforms as a user or provider.
- Exposure to production agentic systems and building agentic workflows.

## Compensation
U.S. base salary range for this role is $205,000 - $230,000.

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