The Red Hat Core-Services Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer with C / C++ skills. If you have more experience with Python or Bash and you are interested in learning or improving your C/C++ skills this position will be the right challenge for you! This position is based in Brno.
In this role, you will be in contact with upstream developers all over the world while integrating assigned components into the Fedora, CentOS Stream and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems. You will also have the opportunity to work with modern technologies like Linux containers, OpenStack, OpenShift, or Kubernetes; all alongside some of the brightest developers in the open source industry and your work will be visible worldwide. This role is a great opportunity to learn a wide range of technologies and operating system principles and thanks to the variety of tasks, it will be up to you what to work on each day. An example of our work on container images is visible at github.com/sclorg.
What will you do
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Develop, troubleshoot and debug assigned components (e.g. Sqlite embedded database) and container images in supported products (Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
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Collaborate with upstreams community members of the assigned projects, other development teams in Red Hat, and quality assurance team
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Identify system deficiencies, conduct technical research and analysis, and recommend solutions or fixes
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Take upstream projects and integrate them into the operating system using RPM technology
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Work across project and technology boundaries to create integrated solutions based on open source projects
What will you bring
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C or C++ development experience, or experience with Linux-based operating system administration
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Desire to learn and solve various challenging problems
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Good English communication skills, both written and verbal
The following are considered a plus
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Bash, Python knowledge is an advantage
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Solid understanding of operating system principles, including software packaging
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Experience with debugging application problems (for example with GNU gdb)
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Experience with Open Source development model
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Practical experience of SQL Databases or Linux containers is an advantage
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