About the job
The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer with a solid technical background to join us in Westford, MA or remote. In this role, you will work on clustering and high availability offerings. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) High Availability offering provides high availability service through the integration of several open source projects like Pacemaker. You will be an essential part of a small development team working on software used by top corporate, educational, and governmental organizations across the world to support mission-critical applications. You'll primarily focus on systems and low-level application programming, as well as automated testing. You will also work on frameworks for providing service availability within the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) High Availability offering. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do

• Develop and maintain Pacemaker and other core high availability components
• Write tests, help manage releases, and build packages
• Triage, debug, and fix customer and community reported issues and bugs
• Work with other product teams to resolve high availability issues in other offerings and areas at Red Hat
• Participate in external community and mailing lists, providing assistance and identifying and resolving defects
• Opportunity to work with the Engineering and Product Management teams on new features for the next generation of clustering and high availability offerings

What you will bring

• Basic understanding of C
• Linux or UNIX software development experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a distributed team

The following are considered a plus:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with revision control systems, preferably Git
• Knowledge of the Python and Bash programming languages
• Understanding of the open source development model
• Experience with open source development, specifically with contributions to one or more upstream projects
• Experience with existing high availability offerings and components (Linux-based or otherwise) and high availability concepts

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.