Senior Software Engineer- Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Golang/Python
Red Hat · Posted Oct 19
Enterprise open source software, hybrid cloud, Linux, and container solutions
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About the role
The Red Hat Engineering team builds a next generation platform for building, testing and releasing artifacts that deliver Red Hat products and services, using open hybrid cloud technologies with a focus on innovation and security. The team works with Red Hat's latest open source technologies including Kubernetes, Tekton, ArgoCD, Terraform and OpenShift, collaborating with product development, QE, SRE and product management teams worldwide. This senior engineer will develop the next-gen productization pipeline, optimize systems, resolve defects, review code, and contribute upstream to communities like Tekton and Kubernetes.
What you will do
- Design, develop, and implement new features based on evolving business requirements.
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Investigate, diagnose, and resolve software defects.
- Ensure that all code changes maintain or improve system stability and performance.
- Assist users by troubleshooting issues and providing technical support when needed.
- Gather user feedback and suggest improvements to enhance user experience.
- Monitor system performance and implement optimizations to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Conduct code reviews and refactor existing code to maintain code quality and performance.
- Deploy changes to staging and production environments following established processes and best practices.
- Collaborate with DevOps to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software in production.
- Stay updated with industry trends and technologies to bring innovative ideas to the team.
- Contribute to the improvement of internal processes, tools, and standards.
- Work with open source communities such as Tekton and Kubernetes and submitting code in these upstream communities for review
- Work in a global team, including teams in EMEA, NA, and APAC
- Work with developers, quality engineers, PMs, SRE and customers
- Learn about the latest AI tools and how to apply them to solve existing problems
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Ability to work with new and fast-changing technologies with a high level of uncertainty, reacting to changes in requirements quickly
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a passion for learning and adapting to new challenges.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science or equivalent working experience
- At least 5 years of experience writing code in Golang, JAVA, or Python
- Experience working on shared codebases using source control management (SCM) systems like GitHub or GitLab
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Experience working with Linux as a developer
- Experience with building & debugging applications on Kubernetes clusters
- Experience building and running containerized applications and controllers
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS) and microservices architecture
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with IBM cloud
- Experience in Terraform
- Experience in Tekton or ArgoCD
- Experience building CICD pipelines
- Experience in Observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk
- Experience in Open Source development
- Experience defining requirements between application components
- Experience in DevSecOps or Product Security
- Experience with Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM)
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, utilizing a community-powered approach to deliver reliable Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. The company helps organizations standardize across operating environments, develop cloud-native applications, and scale automation and artificial intelligence solutions. Operating as an independent subsidiary of IBM, Red Hat serves a vast majority of Fortune 500 enterprises globally.
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Company size
- 19000 employees
- Founded
- 1993
- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Engineering
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer
Mario Vaz
Chief Financial Officer
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