Red Hat is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, architect, and implement the future of virtualization on the Red Hat OpenShift platform. You will work as part of a global, distributed software development team focused on OpenShift Virtualization solutions.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and implement virtualization-related solutions for Red Hat's next-generation platforms, based on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
- Become responsible for the quality of our offerings, participate in peer code reviews and CI/CD, and respond to security threats (CVEs).
- Participate in, lead, and create upstream networking project communities, including contributing to projects like Kubernetes, Kubernetes descheduler, KubeVirt, and Forklift.
- Use deep virtualization and Kubernetes expertise to help customers solve complex business problems with creative solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for AI integration within the software development lifecycle, driving continuous improvement and innovation in engineering practices.
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and container networking technologies.
- Strong virtualization knowledge including expertise in one or more of scheduling, fencing, storage, network, or life-cycle management.
- Experience with cloud technologies.
- Experience using programming languages like Go, Python, C, or C++.
- Understanding of how open source and free software communities work.
- Motivated with a proactive attitude, willingness to tackle new problems, and an ability to develop new architectures and identify good ones.
- Ability to work well as part of a team in a highly collaborative, distributed environment with a diverse team.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Linux virtualization technologies.
- Ability to present to customers and stakeholders.
- Previous contributions to open source projects or being an open source maintainer.
- Experience with development for public cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Engine (GCE), and Microsoft Azure.
Technical Stack
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Go
- Python
- C, C++
- KubeVirt
- Forklift
Team & Environment
Part of a global, distributed software development team collaborating across Red Hat's platform engineering teams.
Work Mode
This is a global position.
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