Principal Software Engineer, DevOps

Job Overview

At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products - it’s embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change – especially in our fast-moving technological landscape – and have a strong growth mindset. That's why we encourage our teams to proactively, thoughtfully, and ethically use AI to simplify their workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional efforts with Staff Engineers, Engineering, Product Management, and User Experience to define and drive customer needs and use cases.
• Architect and guide contributions to a Python-based midstream automation platform in the areas of CI/CD, observability, and continuous testing.
• Establish and champion best practices for automated and manual tests for Red Hat AI midstream projects/components and provide strategic status updates to key stakeholders.
• Proactively identify, analyze, and lead efforts to document unwanted behavior, output, and bias in Red Hat AI models.
• Champion the resolution of critical issues and articulate the business impact to development teams.

Required Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be a highly collaborative individual with a passion for working on complex projects in an open organization where contributions are valued and expected from all levels. This job role will require engaging in upstream open source communities. As this is a fast-moving area of opportunity for Red Hat, the ability to communicate productively and effectively with team members, stakeholders, and Red Hat leadership is critical.

About Red Hat

Red Hat is a rapidly-growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, virtualization, and AI technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services.

Benefits

- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Flexible work hours
- Remote work options