Senior Principal Software Engineer
Red HatAbout the role
The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our global team In this role, you will work as part of a global software development team to design, architect, and implement future networking solutions for Red Hat OpenShift. Your main responsibilities will be related to Red Hat OpenShift and networking solutions, you will work as part of a distributed team both on your own and in close collaboration across Red Hat's platform engineering teams.
At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products - it’s embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change – especially in our fast-moving technological landscape – and have a strong growth mindset. That's why we encourage our teams to proactively, thoughtfully, and ethically use AI to simplify their workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.
What you will do:Design, develop, and implement networking solutions for Red Hat's next-generation platforms, including Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift
Become responsible for the quality of our offerings, participate in peer code reviews and continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), and respond to security threats (CVEs).
Participate in, lead, and create upstream networking project communities, including contributing new development work and existing features and fixes for projects like Kubernetes, OVN-Kubernetes, and Open Virtual Networking (OVN)
Use your deep networking expertise to help customers solve complex business problems with creative solutions
What you will bring:Strong networking knowledge including expertise in one or more of switching and routing protocols
Experience with cloud technologies, network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN)
Experience using programming languages like Go, Python or C, 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
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for AI integration within the software development lifecycle, driving continuous improvement and innovation in engineering practices; share use cases for successful experiments with stakeholders for broader use.
The following are considered a plus:
Experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and container networking technologies
Experience with Linux networking technologies
Experience with development for public cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Engine (GCE), and Microsoft Azure
Ability to present to customers and stakeholders
Previous contributions to open source projects or being an open source maintainer
Pay Transparency
Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
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