Senior Software Engineer - Performance
Senior Software Engineer - Performance
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About the Job
The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Konflux performance and scale org. Konflux is an open source cloud native software factory focused on software supply chain security. The team responsible for the Konflux build and CI/CD system is looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to define and drive our performance scale and reliability strategy. Konflux is critical to Red Hats development pipeline and ensuring it meets scalability reliability and efficiency expectations is paramount. This role involves identifying potential bottlenecks before they impact production defining comprehensive performance testing strategies and helping the Konflux organization prioritize performancerelated investments effectively. Youll bridge the gap between performance theory and practical application ensuring we focus on efforts with positive ROI.
In this role you will work in an environment where diverse perspectives are invited the best ideas are valued and people feel empowered to contribute. Freedom and courage are two of our core values which is why youll need to be comfortable taking risks and exploring the unknown. But being a Red Hatter isnt just about being brave its also about demonstrating commitment and sticking to it.
We can offer you professional development social engagement and networking performance and development and meaningful work throughout your tenure at Red Hat.
What you will do
Define and Document: Lead the creation and refinement of the overarching Konflux Performance Strategy ensuring alignment with user expectations for stability throughput and speed.
Analyze & Identify Gaps: Deeply analyze Konflux user performance requirements and identify gaps in the current performance testing approach (covering areas like smoke load stress scalability endurance resilience network crossarchitecture and componentlevel testing).
Evaluate & Recommend: Assess the importance and ROI of different performance testing strategies and tools (e.g. k6 Locust chaos engineering frameworks) for the Konflux ecosystem.
Define Standards: Drive the definition of performance baselines Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for Konflux collaborating with stakeholders to ensure they meet business needs.
Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with Konflux engineering QE SRE and product management teams to embed performance considerations throughout the development lifecycle and gain buyin for strategic initiatives.
Monitoring & Observability Strategy: Define requirements for effective performance monitoring observability (metrics tracing logging using tools like Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry etc.) and automated alerting to detect regressions and anomalies.
Bottleneck Analysis: Proactively analyze potential performance bottlenecks across the Konflux stack (including dependencies like etcd networking storage) and recommend optimization strategies.
Prioritize & Plan: Translate strategic goals and identified gaps into actionable tasks (e.g. Jira epics/stories) and work with teams on prioritization for capacity planning cost optimization and testing implementation.
Communicate Effectively: Clearly articulate performance findings strategy documents and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
What you will bring
Bachelors degree in computer science computer engineering or equivalent experience.
5 years of experience in software engineering performance engineering or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Proven experience designing implementing and documenting performance testing strategies and frameworks for complex distributed systems.
Solid understanding of Linux/UNIX operating systems.
Significant experience with container orchestration software (Kubernetes OpenShift).
Strong analytical skills with experience in test data visualization analysis and identifying performance bottlenecks.
Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g. Python Go) for automation tooling and data analysis.
Experience with performance testing tools (e.g. k6 Locust JMeter) and methodologies (load stress endurance etc.).
Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Jaeger OpenTelemetry ELK Splunk).
Understanding of cloudnative architectures microservices CI/CD pipelines and related challenges.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across globally distributed teams.
Demonstrated ability to take initiative work independently and drive projects to completion.
The following are considered a plus
Knowledge of Red Hat Konflux Tekton or similar CI/CD / build systems.
Experience with chaos engineering principles and tools
Understanding of database performance tuning (e.g. PostgreSQL) and caching mechanisms (e.g. Redis).
Experience with InfrastructureasCode (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible).
Familiarity with cloud provider environments (AWS Azure GCP IBM Cloud).
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The salary range for this position is $116270.00 $191840.00. 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 Hats compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus commission and/or equity. For positions with RemoteUS 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 worlds leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions using a communitypowered approach to deliver highperforming Linux cloud container and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries our associates work flexibly across work environments from inoffice to officeflex 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. Were 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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