Senior Software Engineer

The Red Hat Satellite Engineering team is seeking a highly motivated, versatile Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in Pune, India. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across both development and quality assurance functions, ensuring the robustness, reliability, and performance of our solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background in Linux environments, proficiency in Ruby on Rails development, and a solid understanding of networking and system administration.

This role will involve contributing to a system management solution called Red Hat  Satellite  based on upstream projects like Foreman, Katello. It is written in Ruby on Rails and supports provisioning on various hypervisors and cloud services and automation written in Python (robottelo). Our team is global, and our stack is open-sourced, including technologies like Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, Pytest, PostgreSQL, Sinatra, and React. You'll have the opportunity to work on real-life issues of an on-premise enterprise product with thousands of existing users

https://community.theforeman.org/

https://www.youtube.com/c/Foreman

https://theforeman.org/manuals/nightly/

What will you do?

• Lead technical design and implementation for a Foreman subsystem

• Own the quality of the contribution and contribute to the test automation

• Help with maintaining several project components, and review the contributions of others

• Leverage and utilize AI tools to resolve moderately complex issues by implementing AI-powered agents

• Design, develop, and maintain automated/manual tests for our software solutions' testing frameworks.

• Contribute features and bug fixes in collaboration with other team members.

• Collaborate with other team members on analyzing and fixing bugs in the project.

• Collaborate across time zones and geolocations with cross-functional teams, including other engineering teams, product management, UX designers..

• Publicly communicate planned changes with developers and users, gathering their inputs and incorporating them into your work.

• Work on prototypes for new enhancements, experimenting with new tools and projects to further improve the system.

• Demonstrate contributions to stakeholders and the community.

• Drive high-quality delivery within an Agile/Scrum framework by actively engaging in all team ceremonies

What will you bring?:

• Relevant 4+ years of hands-on experience in Ruby on Rails development, including designing, coding, and debugging applications.

• Hands-on experience with containerization and automation tools like Ansible, Docker, or Podman.

• Strong analytical skills for deconstructing complex problems into manageable components and engineering cohesive, end-to-end solutions.

• Hands-on experience with a Linux distribution  i.e. any one of (RHEL/Rocky/Alma/CentOS Stream/Suse) 

• Good understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls) and ability to troubleshoot network issues.

• Familiarity or experience with front-end technologies such as React, Redux, Django, or Flask.

• Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with new technologies and industry trends.

• Professional proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.

• Good understanding of testing methodologies and fundamentals.

• A proactive mindset dedicated to fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

• Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) , Explore and experiment with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development, identifying opportunities to incorporate new AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling.

Plus Skills:

• Knowledge of CI practices, Kubernetes

• Familiarity with network booting mechanisms such as PXE or iPXE.

• Exposure to virtualization/cloud platforms like VMware, KVM, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Contributions to open-source projects.

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.

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