Senior Principal Software Engineer - OpenShift AI

About the Job
Are you ready to join a game-changing open-source AI platform that harnesses the power of hybrid cloud to drive innovation? The Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) team is looking for a Software Engineer with Kubernetes and MLOps (Machine Learning) experience to join our rapidly growing engineering team. Our focus is to create a platform, partner ecosystem, and community by which enterprise customers can solve problems to accelerate business success using AI. This is a very exciting opportunity to build and impact the next generation of hybrid cloud MLOps platforms, contribute to the development of the RHOAI product, participate in open source communities, and be at the forefront of the exciting evolution of AI. You’ll join an ecosystem that fosters continuous learning, career growth, and professional development.

As a Staff level engineer and Architect for our OpenShift AI teams, you will have the opportunity to actively drive innovation and ideas into our affiliated open-source communities, as well as work with our component teams on adopting this innovation into product. You will work as part of an evolving team to rapidly design, secure, build, test, and release new capabilities. The role is primarily a technical leader who collaborates closely with the business and engineering areas to deliver the value of open source AI communities to our customers through OpenShift AI. You should have a passion for working in open-source communities and for developing solutions that integrate Red Hat, open-source, and partner technologies into a cohesive platform.

What you will do

• Architect and lead implementation of of new features and solutions for RHOAI

• Innovate in the MLOps domain by participating in upstream communities

• Provide technical vision and leadership on critical and high impact projects

• Ensure non-functional requirements including security, resiliency, and maintainability are met

• Write unit and integration tests and work with quality engineers to ensure product quality

• Use CI/CD best practices to deliver solutions as productization efforts into RHOAI

• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by sharing recommendations and technical knowledge with team members

• Collaborate with product management, other engineering and cross-functional teams to analyze and clarify business requirements

• Communicate effectively to stakeholders and team members to ensure proper visibility of development efforts

• Give thoughtful and prompt code reviews

• Represent RHOAI in external engagements including industry events, customer meetings, and open source communities

• Mentor, influence, and coach a distributed team of engineers

What you will bring

• Advanced experience developing applications in Go or Python, or other language

• Advanced experience in Kubernetes, OpenShift or other cloud-native technologies

• Ability to quickly learn and guide others on using new tools and technologies

• Experience  with source code management tools such as Git

• Proven ability to innovate and a passion for staying at the forefront of technology.

• Excellent system understanding and troubleshooting capabilities

• Autonomous work ethic, thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Technical leadership acumen in a global team environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The following will be considered a plus

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

• Understanding of how Open Source and Free Software communities work

• Experience with development for public cloud services (AWS, GCE, Azure)

• Experience working with or deploying MLOps platforms

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The salary range for this position is $157,750.00 - $260,200.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

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