About the job
The Red Hat Customer Portal team is looking for a Software Engineer to help enhance our Drupal-based social and collaborative content delivery platform in the U.S. In this role, you will work with internal and customer-facing software to develop new features, perform bug fixes, refactor existing code, and write test automation. You'll need to be comfortable developing custom modules, using Drupal's various APIs, integrating third-party APIs, and collaborating with multiple development teams toward common solutions. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do

• Design, implement, and extend internal and customer-facing software
• Ensure ongoing quality of the application codebases through bug fixes, refactoring, and test automation
• Collaborate with other developers across multiple departments and technology stacks for cross-team projects
• Work with internal stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical tasks with the ability to conceptualize the implementation steps cleanly and efficiently

What you will bring

• 3+ years of Drupal application development experience
• Direct development experience with Drupal 8 and Drupal 9
• Experience building scalable and performant sites
• Experience developing modules that perform well at scale or solid familiarity with the problem space, including caching, graceful failure, etc.
• Knowledge of configuration management and configuration split
• Solid knowledge of Twig templating in Drupal
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles in PHP
• Understanding of services, interfaces, event subscribers, class inheritance, dependency injection, and how Drupal makes use of them
• Familiarity with the concepts of object and content delivery network (CDN) caching
• Ability to collaborate with a team using Git
• Experience with local development using Docker or Podman
• Experience with Linux or UNIX platforms
• Ability to write clear documentation for technical and end users
• Creative, motivated, and capable of working on your own and as part of a globally distributed team
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Solid customer focus and commitment to quality
• Good communication skills; ability to write well, present demos, and verbally discuss information with stakeholders
• Ability and eagerness to collaborate with quality engineers and write clear testing instructions

The following are considered a plus:

• Drupal.org and other open source contributions
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field; engineering or computer science background
• Layout builder and custom block development experience
• Solid practical API building experience
• Basic understanding of Drupal's JavaScript behaviors system
• Basic understanding of ES6 and modern JavaScript frameworks like React.js or AngularJS
• Experience with debugging applications with tools like Xdebug
• Proficiency in project management software like Jira
• Familiarity with sprint planning and ability to post thorough communication updates in tickets, services, or third-party integrations
• Experience collaborating on GitLab CI or equivalent scripts
• Experience with Jenkins

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.