Senior Software Engineer

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Job Summary

The Red Hat Ansible Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will work as part of a team focused on maintaining, developing, and improving the components of the Ansible Automation Product ecosystem. From enhancing our execution plane to improving the integration with our customers' infrastructure environments’ automation workload, you will be on the critical path to delivering impactful new features to our customer base.

What you will do:

• Design, implement and maintain production grade software deployed at scale

• Contribute to Red Hat strategy’s implementation of mission-critical automation

• Help Red Hat Automation Platform maintain its de-facto industry standard automation platform reference

• Solve complex problems in the network and infrastructure space

What you will bring:

• Passion for automation and an excitement to automate all the things

• Strong knowledge of Linux, system administration, shell scripting and source control system fundamentals

• 3-5 years experience with a modern programming language, such as python or go, utilizing concepts like parallelism, concurrency, and polymorphism

• Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud providers, and REST APIs principles

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure systems and networks; experience with distributed systems

• Customer empathy with clear understanding of how automation of repetitive tasks provides business value

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
   

Experience With The Following Is Considered a Plus

• Proven track record of delivering complex features in a Golang environment

• History of integration with third party providers, leveraging APIs and implementation of abstraction layers

• In-depth experience with public Cloud providers and Terraform

• Demonstrated knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including administration and management

• Familiarity with ansible and its ecosystem catalog

• Demonstrated history of open-source projects contributions 

• Previous experience leading development of new product functionality from story discovery through to implementation, testing, and deployment.

Pay Transparency

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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.

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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