Senior Software Engineer

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. We strive to make software freely accessible to everyone around the world. Software developed at Red Hat runs in vehicles that land on the moon, airlines, banks, trains, social media, health care, academic institutions, robots, and  many other places. 

Job Summary

The Red Hat Ansible Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will work as part of a team focused on maintaining, developing, and improving the components of the Ansible Automation Product ecosystem. From capturing requirements, to refining those, aligning with our architects teams on implementation, to deliver on them, you will be on the critical path to delivering impactful new features to our customer base.

What you will do:

• Design, implement and maintain production grade software deployed at scale

• Contribute to Red Hat strategy’s implementation of mission-critical automation

• Help Red Hat Automation Platform maintain its de-facto industry standard automation platform reference

• Solve complex problems in the network and infrastructure space; including but not limited to authentication, authorization, performance, distributed systems

What you will bring:

• Passion for automation and an excitement to automate all the things

• 3+ years of experience with a modern programming language, such as python or go

• Experience with Containers, Kubernetes, Cloud providers, and REST APIs principles

• Experience with industry-standard authentication and authorization protocols

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure systems and networks; experience with distributed systems

• Strong systems design , analysis and architecture skills

• Proven track record of architecting complex features in a multi-component environment
   

Experience With The Following Is Considered a Plus

• Demonstrated knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including administration and management

• Familiarity with ansible and its ecosystem catalog

• Demonstrated history of open-source projects contributions 

• Previous experience leading development of new product functionality from story discovery through to implementation, testing, and deployment.

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. 

Inclusion at Red Hat
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Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
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