Redpanda Data
Sr. Engineering Manager, AI Platform
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · Warsaw, Poland - Hybrid
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Salary
Not stated
Location
Hybrid · Warsaw, Poland - Hybrid
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around Warsaw, Poland - Hybrid, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Warsaw, Poland - Hybrid, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid" and 3 days a week in the office
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- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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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.
About the Role: ADP is Redpanda's boldest bet: the governed runtime that lets enterprises safely connect AI agents to production data and systems — a single, audited control point for AI gateway traffic, MCP/tool access, agent identity, and policy enforcement, built on the streaming and Iceberg foundation Redpanda already runs at scale for Fortune 1000 customers. This is category creation, not category following: there is no established market playbook for 'agentic data plane,' and the team that builds this well earns the right to define what the category means.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager, reporting to the VP/Head of Engineering, to lead ADP engineering end to end: own the roadmap, ship in-demand features and functionality at startup speed, and work cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Customer Engineering to operationalize how Redpanda actually wins in this space — not just what gets built, but how design partners convert to production deployments and how the field sells and supports what ships. This role also carries a broader mandate: help set the culture and AI-first working model for how software engineering gets done at Redpanda going forward, using your own team as the proving ground.
This is a hybrid role based in our central Warsaw office, with a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.
You Are:
Energized by category-creation work — comfortable operating without an established playbook, and confident making judgment calls when the 'right' answer isn't in a market analyst's report yet
Excited to roll up your sleeves and do what it takes to deliver objective results, on a timeline set by the market rather than an internal quarter
Genuinely fluent in how AI-assisted software development changes team structure, workflow, and velocity — not just a user of the tools, but someone with opinions on how a team should work differently because of them
Comfortable being highly cross-functional — this role spends as much time with Product, Sales Engineering, and design-partner customers as it does with your own engineers
Accountable, bring a sense of ownership, and are self-driven
You Will:
Own the roadmap and execution for ADP: the AI gateway, MCP/tool governance, agent identity, policy enforcement, and the audit/observability layer that makes agent behavior in production explainable and controllable
Move fast and ship in-demand features and functionality — this space is being defined in real time, and being early and credible with design partners is a genuine competitive advantage
Work cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Customer Engineering, and design-partner customers to operationalize how Redpanda wins in the agentic infrastructure market — not just the product roadmap, but the GTM motion, the proof points, and the path from design partnership to paid production deployment
Together with the rest of engineering leadership and product management, craft and execute the company's technology vision and strategy for ADP
Help set the culture and AI-first way of working for software engineering at Redpanda more broadly — using your team's own practices (AI-assisted development, agent-driven workflows, velocity benchmarks) as a model other teams can learn from
Make sure the team is empowered and can demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging
Motivate and enable the team to contribute towards organizational success
Give frequent and actionable feedback to support your team's personal development
Create an environment where the team is aligned with company goals, and decision-making is done collaboratively
Continuously strive to improve how the team works and measure outcomes
Lead the recruiting and hiring process for the team
Participate in regular performance reviews
Requirements
- ·10+ years of experience in software development and delivery
- ·5+ years of experience managing software developers
- ·Experience leading or managing highly technical engineering teams, ideally in fast-moving, early-stage product areas rather than mature, well-specified ones
- ·Experience developing a strategy and roadmap under real ambiguity — new market, new customer expectations, requirements that shift as design partners' real-world usage teaches you what actually matters
- ·Hands-on experience with, or a strong point of view on, AI agent infrastructure: LLM gateways, MCP/tool-calling, agent identity and authorization, or governed data access patterns for AI systems
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Redpanda Data, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
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