Manager, Engineering

Job Summary

Do you want to work in a team where learning new things is a daily routine? Do you want to be part of the AI movement that is shaping the IT industry? Become the leader of a team which will play a critical role in infusing Red Hat products with generative AI. Our aim is to develop a platform other teams at Red Hat will use to quickly and easily develop virtual assistants for Red Hat products and we seek an engineering manager to lead the team which will make this happen. Be prepared to work in an environment which is largely unshaped and very fast paced, adding a bit of startup freshness and agility to our corporate stability. In this role, your set of responsibilities will be broader than in similar roles: this engineering manager will have to be a strong partner to the technical lead: together, they will be the face of the team for the stakeholders and they will also steer the direction of the team, including its priorities as well as development and quality of the project. This is a very high profile project and the position is critical to the project's future success. It includes a lot of flexibility and therefore requires a highly motivated and self-driven person.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Evolve and manage a high-performing software development team

• Serve as a people manager for your team with responsibility for guiding objectives, providing feedback, fostering career development, and providing active coaching of associates

• Guide positive change within dynamics, relationships, systems and processes in the team by monitoring what works well and by identifying areas for improvement. Utilize data to monitor and assess operations, quality, & team health

• Provide technical guidance, hands-on assistance, and promote team culture with an emphasis on security, quality, and engineering agility; remove barriers to enable the team to be productive

• Identify opportunities for future team’s work, ensure that the team’s work is well planned and prioritized in alignment with the needs of team’s stakeholders and high level engineering strategy; use data to plan team’s work.

• Ensure the delivery of timely, high quality results. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to meet business requirements through helping the team align with prioritized backlog, while contributing to technical solutions by helping to define user stories

• Work with engineers and managers across multiple organizations to enable delivery of results which often require engagement of multiple teams

Required Skills

• An engineering degree or higher, or equivalent in computer science or a related field

• 5+ years of software development experience and/or experience in managing distributed engineering teams in a Product based environment

• Technical background in software development, ability to understand technical requirements and communicate with authority on a technical level

• Experience with generative AI, at minimum as advanced user level

• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills

• Excellent collaboration skills, applied successfully within a team as well as across teams

• Excellent attention to detail, excellent interpersonal skills; able to maintain solid rapport with team members as well as maintain professionalism with those outside of department

• Excellent leadership, sound judgment, and business acumen skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

• Proficiency with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CICD)

• Knowledge of quality concepts (e.g., functional testing, unit testing, integration testing)

• Working knowledge of Agile or other appropriate software development principles and methodologies

Preferred skills

• Experience with product management, product ownership or other role with responsibilities to manage backlog for the team and actively work with stakeholders of the team

• Experience working with any major Red Hat products

• Understanding of open source development models

• Understanding the elementary concepts of generative AI like prompt tuning, prompt engineering, RAG, tokenization, chunking

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The salary range for this position is $163,420.00 - $269,640.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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. 

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