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Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine, Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with speed, autonomy, and precision.Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process hundreds of terabytes of data a day.Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe.About the Role:We are seeking a talented Go developer with strong expertise in Kubernetes to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will focus on developing and maintaining our Kubernetes operator and related Helm charts. You will collaborate closely with our cloud and core engineering teams to build robust and scalable systems, with an emphasis on stability and safe upgrades with zero downtime.You Will:Contribute to our Kubernetes operator and Helm chart, both internally and for customers and members of our communityBe an expert at all things Kubernetes, influencing designs and implementations of Redpanda running over both managed and unmanaged KubernetesContribute meaningfully to the test coverage of operatorParticipate in an on-call escalation chain, help drive down problems that lead to on-call escalations, and help drive improving on-call quality of lifeYou Have:Passion for working on deeply technical projects and wanting to work on distributed systems, concurrency & parallelism, and correctnessStrong understanding of Go and KubernetesExperience and comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, in the open and a self-starterPassion to grow a culture of written traditionComfort working within a small team and 100% distributed engineering org collaborating on GitHub, JIRA, Slack, and video meetingsExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organizationProfessional fluency in English (written and verbal) for collaboration with our English-speaking teamPlease highlight if applicable to you:Working knowledge of building Kubernetes operators for storage systemsExperience building a SaaS platformOperated and used streaming platforms either as a user or providerRedpanda is used by Fortune 1000 enterprises pushing hundreds of terabytes a day, as well as by the solo dev prototyping a React application on her laptop. Think of it as a streaming data API platform that scales with you from the smallest projects to petabytes of data distributed across the globe.Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.