Senior Principal Software Engineer

Job Summary:

Red Hat’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) is looking for a highly motivated, self-directed, and hands-on individual to help lead and influence Red Hat’s upstream collaborations and innovation related to emerging AI influenced trends around the future of the software and platforms architectures for running Generative AI applications.

You will be an individual contributor who collaborates closely with other Engineers, Architects, Security Practitioners, Product Managers & Owners, and internal customers. You will need to have a passion for working in open source communities and for developing reference architectures that integrate Red Hat, open source, and partner technologies into a cohesive platform.

What you will do:

• Identify, investigate, and evaluate emerging trends and standards: Articulate and share a well informed opinions and Point of View (PoV) analysis documents to influence internal alignment related to emerging trends and major changes to AI platform architectures; Develop and deliver operational proof of concept implementations; Provide presentations to internal and external customers as well as at conferences and via blogs

• As an example, these emerging trends might take the form of new Gen AI capabilities impacting: AI Stack (e.g. Llama Stack, Hugging Face, Pytorch, vLLM, LLMs, RAG, Agentic, MCP, A2A), Container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), Toolchain - Libraries for leveraging accelerators (e.g. Triton), Compilers, packaging and delivery (including continuous delivery/managed services) and the developer experience, Specific infrastructure or app-level services and their higher-level control planes

• Incrementally drive POV alignment by: working with Product Management and Product Engineering to iterate on alignment with the POV, participating in specific upstream projects and influencing their outcomes, meeting with Partners, gathering feedback, identify actions that you/OCTO should own and help drive to closure

• Contribute to architecture/design of platforms and provide input that elevates the platform and user experience 

• Lead the development of new features for the platforms (e.g.) Red Hat OpenShift AI using CI/CD best practices 

• Participate and lead engagements with open source communities to influence and advance emerging technologies projects

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of experience in MLOps, DevOps, Automation and modern Software Deployment practices

• Strong experience with Git, Github Actions including self-hosted runners, Terraform, Jenkins, and common technologies for automation and monitoring

• Experience developing and building applications in Kubernetes

• Experience with Agile methodology

• Experience with Cloud Computing using at least one of the following Cloud infrastructures: AWS, GCP, Azure, or IBM Cloud

• Hands-on programming experience such as Go language, Python, Rust 

• Advanced scripting abilities in shell, Bash, Python, TypeScript or JavaScript etc. 

• Experience developing and debugging in YAML

• Experience with AI and Machine Learning platforms such as Kubeflow, Tensorflow and PyTorch

• Solid troubleshooting skills

• Ability to interact comfortably with the other members of a large, geographically dispersed team 

• Experience maintaining an infrastructure and ensuring stability while adding new features

• Comfortable using Gen AI as a productivity enhancement

• While a Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, or a related discipline is valued, we prioritize technical prowess, initiative, problem solving, and practical experience

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The salary range for this position is $189,600.00 - $312,730.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

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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.