About the role
Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction — a unified platform that combines streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with the governance layer enterprise AI agents need in production. Built on infrastructure already trusted by Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups, Redpanda enforces governance entirely outside the agent's data path, controlling what agents see, limiting what they do, and capturing a tamper-proof record of everything they touch, so organizations never have to choose between innovation and control. We are looking for an accomplished and forward-thinking Senior Engineering Manager to lead one of our Cloud engineering teams. Reporting to the Director of Cloud Engineering, you will own the day-to-day delivery, quality, and operational excellence for a team of 7-10 engineers building core services in Redpanda Cloud's Agentic Data Plane, the platform that connects AI agents with enterprise data and systems in real time.Your team sits within a globally distributed Redpanda engineering organization, with peers in the US and across EMEA.
The team itself is a mix of Warsaw-based hybrid engineers and fully-remote engineers elsewhere in EMEA, so you'll be running async-first practices and building trust across timezones as a core part of the job. You'll partner closely with Product, peer engineering leaders, and field teams to ship and operate reliable services that customers run in production today. This is a hybrid role based in our central Warsaw office, with a minimum of 3 days/week on-site. As the most senior Redpanda employee in the Warsaw office, you'll also act as a light-touch local point of contact for office logistics and onboarding new hires in-region — a small but visible part of
the role, not a facilities job. You will: Lead and manage a team of 7-10 engineers building services for Redpanda’s Agentic Data Plane Own end-to-end delivery for your team's roadmap: scoping, prioritization, execution, and on-time, high-quality launches Maintain a high bar bar for operational excellence, including incident response, on-call health, SLOs, and day-2 operations Provide regular career development, coaching, and performance feedback that helps engineers level up Hire, onboard, and retain top-tier engineers; participate actively in interview loops and calibrations Lead a team that spans hybrid working in the Warsaw office and fully remote across EMEA, running effective async-first practices and maintaining strong working relationships with peer teams in the US Act as Redpanda's senior on-site presence in Warsaw, supporting new hires and light office coordination as
