Senior Engineering Manager, Development Platform

<h1><b><span>Company Description</span></b></h1><p><span>At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, virtualization, and AI technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly-growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.</span></p><p></p><h1><b><span>Job Summary</span></b></h1><p><span>AI Platform Core Components drive Red Hat’s contribution to key open source AI communities. We work on PyTorch, vLLM, Triton and their many dependent and related projects. Our mission is to support and foster these communities, as well as productise them as part of RHEL AI and OpenShift AI.</span></p><p></p><p><span>The Development Platform team is looking for a Senior Manager to lead the creation of an AI Development Platform in support of RHEL AI and OpenShift AI. Your teams will be responsible for integrating all the pieces necessary to do AI development on top of RHEL. The role will require strong collaboration across various Red Hat functions as well as with partners. Previous experience with Fedora-based operating systems are highly desirable, and experience with bootc or Image Mode RHEL would be a big plus.</span></p><p></p><p><span>What we expect you to bring is a passion for both Open Source software and its communities, as well as a desire to contribute to Red Hat’s mission to help customers bring AI to their data.</span></p><p></p><h1><b><b>What you will do:</b></b></h1><ul><li><p><span>Lead and inspire a distributed team of individual contributors, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment with impact across AI Engineering</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work with product management, customers, engineering teams, and other stakeholders to contribute to the product vision and roadmap as well as an execution plan to achieve this vision</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work with cross-functional engineering managers and teams on documentation, product management, and quality assurance to coordinate tasks</span></p></li><li><p><span>Evolve cross-team processes as needed to improve execution as the team scales</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work closely with the technical leads and scrum leads to direct the team in agile development.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Mentor and guide team members and managers in their career development, and growth.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Recruit new associates and managers within the growing engineering team.</span></p></li></ul><p></p><h1><b><b>What you will bring:</b></b></h1><ul><li><p><span>Strong experience developing Fedora-based operating systems, or using them as basis for product offerings</span></p></li><li><p><span>Understanding and practice of the open source way: transparency, inclusive collaboration, effective community engagement, and the release early &amp; often philosophy</span></p></li><li><p><span>Outstanding written and verbal communication skills</span></p></li><li><p><span>Passion for open source principles and practices</span></p></li><li><p><span>Understanding of core Machine Learning concepts</span></p></li><li><p><span>Significant experience in managing software engineering or operations teams, with a sustained track record of successful project delivery and development of software engineers</span></p></li><li><p><span>A servant leadership approach with the abilities to build a high-trust team culture and coach a large team in a fast-paced, high-growth environment</span></p></li><li><p><span>Ability to lead and work with diverse and distributed teams from multiple countries and cultures</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p></p>#LI-YB1<p></p><p><b>About Red Hat</b></p><p><a href="https://www.redhat.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Red Hat</u></a><span> is the world’s leading provider of enterprise</span><a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/about/open-source" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span> </span><u>open source</u></a><span> software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.</span></p><p></p><p><b>Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion at Red Hat</b><br/>Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from