The Red Hat OpenShift Installer team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join us in Ireland, Czech Republic, Portugal or Italy as remote or onsite in our offices.
The OpenShift Storage team is responsible for the development and maintenance of the internal OpenShift and Kubernetes storage APIs, built-in volume plugins, CSI drivers, and all the CSI sidecars shipped in the core OpenShift payloads. As an engineer on this effort you will be expected to work in an Agile environment to help keep our products and services competitive with the ever changing container landscape. We’re looking for engineers who are interested in working on OpenShift, Kubernetes, operating systems, continuous integration, as well as participate in Quality Assurance efforts and development of tests and testing automation.
What you will do
Develop features and bug fixes in Kubernetes and OpenShift within an agile team focused on storage technologies
Ensure that there are test plans for the code you create and that documentation is correct
Become responsible for our product quality, participate in peer code reviews, testing, continuous integration and delivery, respond to security threats
Act as a point of escalation for customers and internal teams
Participate in architectural discussions of system designs, programming interfaces, and inter-dependencies of control plane, operators, CI, etc., both in the Kubernetes upstream communities and the OpenShift project
Collaborate with other engineering teams on integrations
What you will bring
Solid understanding of Linux operating system (storage subsystems, block devices, filesystems) and networking
Knowledge of working with Go programming language
Understanding of Kubernetes components and architecture (PV, PVC, StorageClass, CSI spec)
Familiarity with Linux containers and container tools
Demonstrable expertise in at least one of Python, C, C++, Rust, Ruby
Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining test environments and automated test suites
Experience with continuous integration (CI) tools like Jenkins or Prow
Understanding of how Open Source and Free Software communities work
Ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment
The following are considered a plus
Knowledge of NFS, Gluster, Ceph, iSCSI and / or other storage technologies
Knowledge of Kubernetes internals (internal APIs, controllers implementation, etc.)
Experience with development for public cloud services (AWS, GCE, Azure)
Experience with Red Hat OpenShift product
Ability to present to customers and stakeholders
Previous contributions to open source projects or being an open source maintainer
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Skills Required
- Solid understanding of Linux operating system and networking
- Knowledge of working with Go programming language
- Understanding of Kubernetes components and architecture
- Demonstrable expertise in at least one of Python, C, C++, Rust, Ruby
- Experience with continuous integration tools like Jenkins or Prow
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, with substantial PTO for new hires plus additional recharge days and an end-of-year shutdown for many non-critical roles. Paid volunteer time, holidays, sick days, and supportive expectations around taking time off reinforce the breadth of leave benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — The rewards package includes performance bonuses and a recurring quarterly bonus program tied to company and individual performance. Availability of ESPP participation further adds to incentive pathways beyond base pay.
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