Senior Software Engineer

About the Job

The Red Hat Engineering teams are looking for Senior Software Engineers to join our Core Platforms Engineering group to work on Linux & Container technologies.

These teams are responsible for all aspects related to Virtualization & Confidential Computing in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The Virtualization teams work includes core kernel virtualization (KVM) system firmware and device emulation for storage memory and networking its management layer and associated tools as well as its counterpart aspects in the guest instance on top of Red Hat or third-party virtualized platforms as well as public clouds.

The Confidential Computing teams work includes enablement in the Linux Kernel and related ecosystem attestation technologies in multiple form factors like containers clusters and virtual machines.

You will be responsible for all aspects of design coding and quality you will collaborate within an Agile Scrum team to design develop validate and support updates to existing features as well as emerging functions in the Virtualization Stack and Confidential Computing space.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will have the chance to work with some of the brightest engineers in the open source industry while acting as an advocate for our customers. Well need you to have excellent technical and creative thinking skills as youll be encouraged to develop innovative solutions to technical issues on a daily basis. This position is a great opportunity to make a difference in the Linux virtualization & confidential computing space while working on solutions used by thousands of people around the world.

What you will do :

Play an active part in upstream and downstream projects related to the team you are in

Working in the Agile Scrum methodology

take end-to-end ownership of specific areas including design in upstream development downstream validation and packaging L3 troubleshooting and support.

take shared responsibility around problem resolution ongoing quality engineering as well as handling vulnerabilities and other backports targeted at released versions.

Virtualization and Confidential computing ecosystem in Red Hat Enterprise Linux including but not limited to Qemu Libvirt Attestation Kata containers Virt-Tools testing frame works & suites.

What you will bring :

4 years of experience applying core languages such as Python C Rust or Go to large enterprise projects.

Proven ability to design and architect large complex features at the Operating System level as well as debug troubleshoot and maintain those for enterprise customers.

Ability to use Containers and CI / CD technologies in authoring building and automating build and test pipelines.

For positions in the Virtualization team the ability to work in the Linux Virtualization stack KVM QEMU Libvirt and other virtualization technologies Cloud or Kubernetes technologies.

For positions in the Confidential Computing team ability to work in the CNCF confidential containers ( related technologies.

Ability to leverage AI-assisted development and / or validation tools and techniques

Required Full English proficiency (verbal and written). Ability to work with globally distributed teams or communities.

The following are considered a plus :

Past experience collaborating with Open-Source communities like KVM Qemu Libvirt CoCo Kata Avocado

Public code contributions Speaking opportunities at conferences Blogs or articles published

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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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1