Senior Software Engineer - Migration Toolkit for Virtualization

The Red Hat Ecosystem Engineering team, part of the CTO office, is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will help our engineering teams contribute to open source projects related to infrastructure management and virtualization. You will apply this experience to deliver enterprise-ready offerings like virtual machine migration tools for both ISVs and OEMs. Your contributions to open source projects will require a variety of languages and technologies in support of our important customers and partners.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement features and work closely with our customers and partners.

What You Will Do

• Play an active role in container and virtualization-related projects and communities like Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and KubeVirt
• Create and guide new feature development; contribute to open source projects in Golang, Python.
• Coordinate with team leads, architects, and other engineers on the design and architecture of our offerings
• Become responsible for the quality of our offerings, participate in peer code reviews and continuous integration (CI), and respond to security threats
• Submit patches for bug fixes to the community and review patches from other community members
• Work with the Quality Engineering (QE) team to ensure that projects are tested correctly
• Publicize the work the team is doing via blogs, web postings, or conference talks
• Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI frameworks, and leverage those in your day to day work
• Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Proficiency in at least two programming languages, such as Golang, Python, or Java.
• Experience with Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift
• Proven experience with the Linux operating system
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Able to work independently or collaboratively in a team environment.
• Experience with Git (GitHub, Gitlab, etc)
• Familiarity with continuous integration (CI) flows
  
  

The Following Are Considered a Plus

• Experience in agile software development
• Experience with VmWare or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
• Record of contributing to an open source project or community
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  
  

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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