Principal Software Engineer - OpenShift Service Mesh - Istio
Red HatAbout the role
The Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh team is looking for a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join and grow with us. As a member of our team, you will help improve and optimize Istio for use within our enterprise Kubernetes platform, Red Hat OpenShift. Using your expertise, you will work with Red Hat and the Istio community to deliver features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the benefit of our customers and the broader community of Istio users.
We provide an enjoyable and engaging work environment, with the opportunity for you to collaborate with dynamic and diverse agile teams, working around the world to create value for our customers and partners in an open source way. This is a great opportunity to hone your skills while working with a wide range of languages, frameworks, and technologies. You will become a part of Red Hat’s culture that makes us unique in the industry and you’ll work with communities passionate about open source software.
What you will do:
Work with other members of the team to improve and optimize Istio for delivery as part of the OpenShift Service Mesh product. Work will include feature development, enhancements, bug fixes, and security fixes in the Istio/Maistra code bases (upstream community and product), as well as work supporting the build and delivery of the OpenShift Service Mesh product.
Collaborate with other engineers on the team and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio/Maistra
Mentor and coach junior team members, and work with cross functional teams across Red Hat
Engage with our support team to help them resolve customer issues
Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio within Red Hat OpenShift
Support the build and release of OpenShift Service Mesh
What you will bring:
Highly experienced in software development
Ability to collaborate with other engineers on the team and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio/Maistra
Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio within Red Hat OpenShift
Support the build and release of OpenShift Service Mesh
3+ years of experience programming with Go, with experience implementing controllers and/or operators on Kubernetes
3+ years experience working with cloud technologies like Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud platforms
Knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.
Ability to proactively identify, address, and resolve issues with minimal supervision
Written and verbal English communication skills
Passion for open source software, a positive attitude, and a desire to share ideas openly
Experience contributing to an open source project/community is a plus
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The salary range for this position is $170,770.00 - $281,770.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.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.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source 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 environment
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