Senior Software Engineer

The Red Hat Container Tools team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our global presence to develop container technologies to support internal and external customers. A candidate should expect to work in an agile environment to write new features, review pull requests, fix bugs, update docs, and work in multiple technical areas like podman, buildah, skopeo and/or other container related technologies. 

Candidates should be comfortable with working within cross-functional and distributed teams to execute development plans and to work in a fast paced environment. The candidate is expected to define the architecture of new projects or features, and develop them from inception through to adoption. This is a great opportunity to work on emerging technologies and possibly create new ones. 

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to container technologies like podman, buildah, skopeo and others. 

• Participate on a scrum team and complete tasks assigned within sprint boundaries

• Give demos to your peers on work you’ve completed each sprint

• Work with upstream communities like Fedora and many internal stakeholders

• Ensure test plans for the code you create exist and that documentation is correct

• Design and implement automated test plans

• Analyze defects, design solutions, and engineer fixes

• Quickly respond to security threats

• Ability to present your work at conferences

• Writing blogs on your work

Required skills

• Experience of using Linux

• Experience with at least one of the following: Golang, Rust, python

• Familiarity with Linux containers

• Ability to learn new programming languages

• Good written and verbal English communication skills

• Experience with how to use git

• Experience in making an effective code reviews

• Experience with Continuous Integration / Delivery

• Ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Linux system programming

• Knowledge of AI and experience with LLMs is a plus

• Experience of how Open Source and Free Software communities work

• Ability to present to customers and stakeholders

• RHCSA certification or Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers

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