Principal Software Engineer OpenShift

About the Job:

OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hats premier container initiative which oversees multiple product lines. It includes a container optimized Linux based operating system called Red Hat CoreOS and an orchestration PaaS framework called OpenShift based on Kubernetes.

The OpenShift Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us in Pune this role you will work as part of a team building the next-generation installation and management technology for the Red Hat OpenShift. Youll be a key member of our OpenShift team and focus on building world-class technologies demonstrating Red Hats thought and market leadership in hybrid cloud system engineering and Kubernetes management. As a Software Engineer you will be expected to work in an Agile environment to help keep our products and services competitive with the ever-changing landscape that is containers. Were looking for engineers who are interested in working on OpenShift Kubernetes operating systems continuous integration and more.

What will you do

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to teams working on Red Hat OpenShift ensuring alignment with product vision and best practices.

• Drive the delivery of key OpenShift features by contributing to both upstream and downstream Red Hat OpenShift projects fostering innovation and technical excellence.

• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences including end-users stakeholders and the open-source community.

• Mentor and coach other engineers on the OpenShift team fostering their technical growth and development.

• Develop and deliver high-quality features and bug fixes for Kubernetes and OpenShift components within an agile development team and a global organization.

• Champion product quality through proactive participation in peer code reviews ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.

• Contribute to and maintain continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure rapid and reliable software releases.

• Serve as a key point of escalation for the implementation of critical customer-driven features and the resolution of high-priority bugs.

• Demonstrate awareness and leverage AI tools (like Claude Cursor etc.) throughout the product development lifecycle exploring their potential to improve efficiency code quality and innovation.

What will you bring

• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience with software development with proven track record of working on enterprise level projects

• Experience writing code in any of the programming languages including Python Go C/C

• Demonstrated working knowledge of container technologies podman and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of Git GitHub and/or JIRA is required

• Experience utilizing major cloud platforms such as AWS Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure.

• Familiarity with DevOps principles including Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and automation practices.

• Demonstrated proficiency in problem-solving coupled with innovative thinking and a strong customer-centric approach

The following are considered as a plus:

• Proficiency in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) CoreOS Fedora or Red Hat OpenShift

• Previous experience contributing to open source community software development

• Follow the Kubernetes community and proactively lead the implementation of important improvements from the project in our product

• Familiarity with enterprise application development utilizing agile or scrum methodologies and competence with various observability tools for monitoring logging and profiling is desirable.

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.

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