Senior Principal Software Engineer - AI

About The Job

The Digital workforce team is part of Red Hat's Data and AI organization. The team is focused on building and delivering strategic AI agents designed to augment human capabilities, accelerate workflows, and scale operations across the enterprise.

In this role, you will work as a member of a highly dynamic, and fast-paced team. As part of the development team, you'll need to be creative, motivated, and proficient in architecting and designing cutting-edge applications that leverage Generative AI. You will work closely with different teams, stakeholders, product owners, and program managers to design, document, and develop solutions. We are seeking talented engineers to spearhead the technology and design of key components within Red Hat's Digital Workforce, shaping the future of digital agents. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical abilities, a commitment to quality and open source, a drive for innovation, excellent communication and teamwork skills, and will excel in a dynamic, startup-like setting.

What will you do

• Architect, design, document, and develop applications in Python and frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, LLamaStack.
• Architect and lead the implementation of Agentic AI applications.
• Architect and lead the implementation of scalable open-source solutions with distributed computing capabilities using Machine Learning models, running on OpenShift AI
• Architect and design new features with RAG, RAFT, GraphRAG, InstructLab, and their pipelines
• Develop and optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
• Collaborate with product owners, program managers, different teams, and engineering managers to analyze and clarify business requirements to implement data models and business logic
• Mentor, influence, and coach a distributed team of engineers
• Effectively communicate to stakeholders and project team members to ensure proper visibility of development efforts
• Review code merge requests from other team members for new features
• Build and deploy applications to Red Hat OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), public clouds, i.e., Google Cloud Platform, AWS, etc.
• Ensure non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, resiliency, maintainability, security, etc., are met according to defined standards
• Resolve bugs, performance problems, and other issues with production applications

What will you bring

The Following Are Considered a Plus

Personal Qualities And Communication

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.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hat's culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email [HIDDEN TEXT]. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.

Skills Required

Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, Aws