Principal Software Engineer (Reliability) - OpenShift Cluster Manager

About the Job:

Work on developing SaaS on top of OpenShift by Red Hat which is an open source container application platform based on top Kubernetes container cluster manager for enterprise application development and deployment. 

The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Service Development team. In this role, you will develop new features and maintain our OpenShift customer services, especially on reliability features. We'll need you to have excellent technical and communication skills, as you'll work closely with developers both within Red Hat and in the open source community.

• Play an active part in developing various projects around OpenShift Customer services that allows customers and System Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to manage their OpenShift clusters

• Lead engineers in building implementations of new designs

• Design and build scalable, distributed solutions

• Create and guide new feature development,especially for reliability features; contribute to projects in Golang

• Define and develop SLI and SLO for Managed OpenShift services.  

• Design development framework and improve developer experience in reliability work. 

• Be responsible for our product quality and reliability,  participate in peer code reviews, continuous integration (CI) and delivery (CD), respond to security threats

• Coordinate with team leads, architects and other engineers on product design and architecture

• Mentor other engineers; lead them in building excellent services

• Bachelor's degree in computer science and above, computer engineering, or a technology-related discipline

• 10+ years of software development experience

• Solid experience with Linux, cloud computing, distributed web technologies, high availability, and build tools

• Experience with microservices architecture and concepts including APIs, versioning, monitoring, etc.

• Strong experience in reliability related areas.

• Excellent leadership skills in coordination with new initiatives and new scope development.

• Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

• Good written and verbal communication skills to handle communication in a distributed team

• Ability to work in a globally distributed team

• Ability to examine various technological areas deeply and deliver solutions

The following are considered a plus:

• Familiarity with DevOps or SRE background

• Open source development experience

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.

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