Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI & Edge

Job Summary

The Red Hat Ecosystems Engineering group is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. This is a game-changing opportunity to join an open-source AI platform that harnesses the power of hybrid cloud to drive this role you will work with a diverse team of highly talented engineers on designing implementing and productizing new AI solutions with a focus on deep integration of the AI stack hardware accelerators and leading OEMs and Cloud Computing Service Providers (CCSPs).

Youll play a critical role in shaping the next generation of hybrid cloud platforms by directly contributing to Red Hats innovative AI and Edge products. This is your chance to be at the forefront of AIs exciting evolution joining an ecosystem that champions continuous learning career growth and professional development. Youll also collaborate closely with product management other Red Hat engineering teams and key partners and lighthouse customers.

What You Will Do

• Architect and lead the implementation of new features and solutions for Red Hat AI and Edge products.

• Explore deep code integration into various Red Hat products ensuring optimal integration between the Red Hat portfolio hardware accelerators and partners.

• Provide technical vision and leadership on critical and high-impact projects ensuring non-functional requirements including security resiliency and maintainability are met.

• Integrate software that leverages hardware accelerators (e.g. DPUs GPUs AIUs) and perform performance analysis and optimization of AI workloads with accelerators.

• Work with major AI and hardware partners such as NVIDIA AMD Dell and others on building joint integrations and products.

• Collaborate closely with UX UI QE and cross-functional teams to deliver a great experience to Red Hat partners and customers.

• Coordinate with team leads architects and other engineers on the design and architecture of our offerings.

• Become responsible for the quality of our offerings participate in peer code reviews and continuous integration (CI) and respond to security threats.

• Mentor influence and coach a distributed team of engineers contributing to a culture of continuous improvement by sharing recommendations and technical knowledge.

What You Will Bring

• 10 years of relevant technical experience in software development.

• Advanced experience working in a Linux environment with at least one language like Golang Rust Java C or C.

• Advanced experience with a container orchestration ecosystem like Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift.

• Strong experience with microservices architectures and concepts including APIs versioning monitoring etc.

• Experience with AI/ML technologies including foundational frameworks large language models (LLMs) Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) paradigms vector databases and LLM orchestration tools.

• Ability to quickly learn and guide others on using new tools and technologies.

• Proven ability to innovate and a passion for staying at the forefront of technology.

• Excellent system understanding and troubleshooting capabilities.

• Autonomous work ethic thriving in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

• Technical leadership acumen in a global team environment.

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English

The Following is Considered a Plus

• Experience with cloud development for public cloud services (AWS GCE Azure).

• Familiarity with virtualization networking or storage.

• Background in DevOps or site reliability engineering (SRE).

• Experience with hardware accelerators (e.g. GPUs FPGAs) for AI workloads.

• Recent hands-on experience with distributed computation either at the end-user or infrastructure provider level.

• Experience with performance analysis tools.

• Experience with Linux kernel development.

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About Red Hat

Red Hat is the worlds 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. 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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