About the Job:
The Red Hat OpenShift Engineering team is looking for an Software Engineer. In this role, you will work as a member of an agile development team and contribute to the engineering of OKD(OpenShift Kubernetes Distribution) and supporting components in core Kubernetes. As an Associate Software Engineer, you will be a contributor in implementing requirements and ensuring that the evolving needs of OKD’s growing community are met. You will need to work with various engineering teams, product management, other key stakeholders, and the OpenSource Community to identify and prioritize features for existing and upcoming releases. You will work proactively with the open source Kubernetes and OKD communities on the implementation of important improvements for the project in our software product.
What will you do?
Develop features and bug fixes in Kubernetes(upstream) / OKD (OpenShift Upstream) / OpenShift (downstream) within an agile team and as part of a global development organization.
Become responsible for our product quality, participate in peer code reviews, continuous integration and delivery, respond to security threats
Work with Engineering, Product Management, and Support stakeholders to prioritize customer facing features during the planning, development, and delivery.
Act as a point of escalation for implementation of critical customer driven features and bug resolution.
Follow the Kubernetes community and proactively lead the implementation of important improvements from the project in our product
What will you bring?
An engineering degree or higher, or equivalent in computer science or a related field
2+ years of experience writing code in programming languages such as GoLang.
Understanding of Containers and Kubernetes
Problem solving and troubleshooting skills with Root Cause Analysis experience
Hands-on learning and experience demonstrating implementation of features individually or as a collaboration with others.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
The following are considered a plus:
Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift, CoreOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Fedora
Understanding of open source development models
Prior participation in open source community software development or leadership
Familiarity with enterprise platform / application development
Familiar with test-based development and agile or scrum methodologies is a big plus
Familiar with various observability tools: monitoring, logging, profiling, etc
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterpriseopen 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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