Redis LangCache and the next era of fast, accurate AI are here.
Who we are
We’re Redis. We built the product that runs the fast apps our world runs on. (If you checked the weather, used your credit card, or looked at your flight status online today, you’re welcome.) At Redis, you’ll work with the fastest, simplest technology in the business—whether you’re building it, telling its story, or selling it to our 10,000+ worldwide customers. We’re creating a faster world with simpler experiences. You in?
Why would you love this job?
As the Senior Engineering Manager for the Redis AI API team, you’ll play a key leadership role in shaping the future of Redis by driving the integration of cutting-edge AI capabilities into our cloud platform. You’ll oversee a growing, high-performing team of engineers—including other managers and senior individual contributors—guiding them from strategic planning through to production deployment.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the direction of Redis’ AI initiatives at scale. The team is quickly continuing to expand, you’ll help build the next generation of AI-native features on one of the world’s fastest databases. You’ll work at the intersection of product innovation, technical execution, and organizational leadership.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and Scale a High-Impact Team. Provide strategic and technical leadership for a growing AI team, including managers and senior engineers. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
- Drive Technical Vision. Partner with senior stakeholders to define and execute the long-term vision for Redis AI in the cloud, balancing innovation with operational excellence.
- Mentor and Develop Talent. Support the professional growth of your reports—both ICs and EMs—through mentoring, feedback, and performance management.
- Partner Across the Organization. Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, Support, and other engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable AI services to our customers.
- Hire for Scale. Own hiring strategy and execution to grow a world-class engineering team, ensuring the right mix of skills, experience, and diversity.
- Contribute Strategically and Technically. Participate in architectural reviews, operational strategy, and, when needed, roll up your sleeves to understand the details.
What will you need to have?
- 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles including managing managers or senior-level ICs.
- Proven success building and scaling high-performing teams in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment.
- Experience setting technical direction and executing cross-functional initiatives at scale.
- Strong people leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and talent development.
- Hands-on experience with backend systems, distributed services, and production deployments.
- Familiarity with database technologies and experience shipping high-quality software using languages like Golang, Java, rust, or Python.
- Proficiency with modern CI/CD and infrastructure tooling (e.g. GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Terraform).
Extra great if you have:
- Experience working in or leading AI/ML-focused teams, including familiarity with frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, or LlamaIndex.
- Active in the AI open-source community.
- Open-source contributions, particularly in the AI or database space.
- Experience with Redis or other in-memory data systems.
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We give back to our employees:
Our culture is what makes Redis a fun and rewarding place to work. To support you at work and beyond, we offer all our team members fantastic benefits and perks:
- Competitive compensation package formed by salary and equity grants
- 25 days of flexible vacation time
- Hybrid working options from both home and the office
- Home internet & phone monthly allowance
- One-time home-office setup allowance
- Health and dental insurance for you
- Personal life insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Lunch and snacks in the office
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