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Job summary

The Red Hat Performance and Scale Organization is looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join the Team. This strategic role will require you to demonstrate strong technical leadership, drive roadmap development, and take ownership of testing, measuring, and analyzing the performance and scalability of different Red Hat Products on the sovereign cloud project.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with management, product owners, developers, and quality engineers to understand product requirements and architect test plans to meet the roadmap requirements of different Red Hat Products.

• Develop sophisticated tests that simulate user workloads through comprehensive end-to-end automation, leveraging custom-built and state-of-the-art open-source tools and frameworks.

• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders and senior management to ensure alignment of team resources and capacity with the incoming testing requirements, in line with product delivery timelines.

• Deep dive into performance issues with the intent of discovering their root causes in complex distributed systems.

• Design and develop monitoring and reporting tools for performance and scale tests and analysis.

• Document your research and results clearly and concisely, and communicate findings both internally and externally.

• Engage in upstream communities to help test performance and scale early and influence design and development decisions.

• Triage, debug, and root cause customer issues related to sovereign cloud project performance and scale.

• Present your work and findings at internal and external conferences.

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Demonstrable experience, understanding, and passion for performance engineering.

• Working knowledge of Kubernetes or OpenShift.

• Strong programming, debugging, and profiling skills in Python and/or Golang.

• Hands-on experience with performance measurement, analysis, and optimization.

• Experience with distributed systems.

• Very strong Linux system administration and system engineering skills.

• Solid scripting skills, particularly with Bash, Python, or Ansible.

• Experience working with public clouds like AWS, Azure, GCP, or IBM Cloud, as well as bare metal environments.

• Experience analyzing and interpreting large volumes of test results and succinctly communicating findings through easy-to-understand graphs/charts.

• Experience with collaborative software development methodologies, tools, and version control.

• Knowledge of statistical analysis and experimental design techniques.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work independently and proactively seek collaboration.

The Following Are Considered a Plus

• Experience with container technologies like Podman or Docker, and familiarity with building container images.

• Experience with system performance engineering and metrics collection tools like iostat, vmstat, sar, perf, and Prometheus.

• Master's Degree in Computer Science preferred.

• Experience with monitoring and dashboarding tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

• Experience testing different network adapters and hardware offload technologies.

• A demonstrated history of contributing to open-source projects.

• Presentation skills and public speaking abilities for conferences and demonstrations.

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Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat's compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work 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.

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.

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.