Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Redpanda, a fast-growing startup building a streaming data platform, as an experienced Engineering Manager. Lead a distributed team of engineers working on complex problems related to Kafka and next-gen streaming APIs. Collaborate with engineering leadership and product management to execute the company's technology vision. Empower your team, foster a collaborative environment, and drive their personal and professional development. The role involves managing projects, providing feedback, leading the recruiting process, and participating in performance reviews. Redpanda offers a 100% remote work environment with a global team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development and delivery
• 3+ years of experience in managing software developers
• Reasonable and current understanding of C++ or Rust like system languages
• Experience leading or managing highly technical engineering teams
• Experience developing a strategy and roadmap for your teams
• An entrepreneurial spirit - as we expect each team in Redpanda to organize themselves like a startup
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated technical leadership
• Comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, in the open and a self starter

Responsibilities

• Work with and guide a distributed engineering team that is solving highly complex problems around Kafka and next-gen streaming API
• Together with the rest of engineering leadership and product management, craft and execute the company’s technology vision and strategy
• 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 of the team
• Participate in regular performance reviews
• Mentor team members and collaborate with them on personal and career growth
• Bring up difficult and/or systemic challenges and impediments to the attention of your manager
• Actively discuss strategic topics with peers and Directors to help shape engineering’s environment
• Track progress, assess risks, and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans for the team
• Provide career development guidance and structure to members of the team
• Drive evaluation and management of team members’ performance
• Manage execution of projects that the team takes on

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Linux filesystem internals
• Experience working on databases or other storage systems internals, such as RPC, caching, allocators, compressors, Raft, Paxos, etc
• Previous experience managing managers

Benefits

• U.S. base salary range for this role is $210,000 - $255,000 (CA, NY, WA) and $200,000 - $245,000 (other US locations). Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process
• 100% remote work environment